Supreme Court stays Chhattisgarh HC judgment convicting Amit Jogi for 2003 murder
L'essentiel
- Supreme Court stayed Chhattisgarh High Court's conviction of Amit Jogi, son of former CM Ajit Jogi, for the 2003 murder of NCP functionary Ramavatar Jaggi.
- The bench questioned how the HC could convict and sentence before hearing his appeal.
- The case has seen multiple turns since 2007 when a trial court acquitted Amit Jogi.
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Pourquoi c'est important
This is a long-pending murder case from 2003 involving the son of a former Chhattisgarh chief minister. The case has seen multiple legal proceedings spanning nearly two decades with conflicting court decisions.
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the judgment of Chhattisgarh high court convicting former chief minister Ajit Jogi's son Amit for the 2003 murder of NCP func Ramavatar Jaggi and sentencing him to life imprisonment. The bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and Vijay Bishnoi also raised questions over the manner in which HC dealt with the case after it was alleged that Amit Jogi was not given a proper hearing. "What kind of judgment... conviction and sentence before hearing?" the bench asked. In 2007, trial court acquitted Amit Jogi In 2007, a trial court had convicted other accused persons but acquitted Amit Jogi. CBI, thereafter, moved HC against his acquittal. In 2011, HC dismissed CBI's appeal as non-maintainable, but re-examined the case after SC disagreed with this view and directed it to decide CBI's appeal on its merits. Subsequently, high court set aside the trial court's acquittal order, saying that Amit Jogi was the "mastermind, principal architect and driving force behind the conspiracy".
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Perspective IA — des possibilités, pas des certitudes
Supreme Court will likely hear the matter on merits in coming weeks
Très probable · En quelques semaines
HC may be directed to provide fresh hearing to Amit Jogi
Probable · En quelques semaines
Questions ouvertes
- When will the Supreme Court hear the matter on merits?
- Will Amit Jogi get a fresh hearing before the High Court?
- What evidence led the HC to call Amit Jogi the mastermind?