File picture of Amit Jogi, who was convicted for the killing of businessman-politician Ramavatar Jaggi. | Picture Credit score: Sushil Kumar Verma
The Chhattisgarh Excessive Court docket has sentenced Amit Jogi—the son of former Chief Minister, the late Ajit Jogi—to life imprisonment. after convicting him for the homicide case of a Nationalist Congress Celebration chief in 2003.
The case pertains to the killing of businessman-politician Ramavatar Jaggi in Raipur at a time when Ajit Jogi was the sitting Chief Minister of the State. In 2007, 28 individuals had been convicted within the case by a trial courtroom, however Amit Jogi was acquitted as he was given the good thing about the doubt.
The Excessive Court docket in its order mentioned that the proof made it amply clear that Amit Jogi was the mastermind of the whole conspiracy and he was additionally having the commanding place being the son of the then Chief Minister.
The courtroom additionally got here down closely on the trial courtroom for acquitting Amit Jogi whereas convicting others, calling its judgment palpably unlawful, improper, perverse, opposite to the proof obtainable on file and with none concrete foundation.
“It’s pertinent to notice that the realized Trial Decide has unnecessarily tried to tell apart the function of accused-Amit Jogi from that of the opposite co-accused/convicts. The discovering that the co-accused acted independently to please Amit Jogi, with out his data, and in a way not contemplated by him, is unsustainable. Quite the opposite, the proof signifies that the plan to get rid of the NCP workplace bearers originated from Amit Jogi himself. Due to this fact, the excellence drawn by the realized Trial Decide is synthetic, unwarranted, and devoid of advantage,” the order mentioned.
An extended authorized battle
In 2011, the CBI approached the Excessive Court docket difficult the acquittal however the attraction was rejected by the HC on grounds of delay. The investigating company then moved the Supreme Court docket which referred the case again to the Excessive Court docket final November and together with the argument on Thursday, there have been six to seven hearings on the matter, maintained sources.
“Later CBI moved the Supreme Court docket, upon which the case was referred to the Excessive Court docket final November after condoning the delay. Subsequently, the Hon’ble Excessive Court docket, on 02.03.2026, convicted Amit Jogi and directed him to give up inside three weeks earlier than the courtroom,” the CBI had mentioned in a launch.
Ramavatar Jaggi’s homicide on June 4, 2003 was a sensational episode forward of the Meeting polls scheduled later that yr. Jaggi was the treasurer of the Nationalist Congress Celebration that was led by the late Vidya Charan Shukla within the State and his household had alleged that the emergence of NCP within the political fray posed a significant problem to the incumbent Congress.
In the meantime on Monday (April 6, 2026), Amit Jogi moved Supreme Court docket towards the Excessive Court docket order and the apex courtroom directed him to file an attraction towards the ultimate judgment previous to April 20, 2026, so that each one issues may very well be heard collectively and at last on the identical day, in accordance with a press release by Bhagwanu Nayak, chief spokesperson of the Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (J) or JCCJ, a political social gathering. based by the late Ajit Jogi.
Revealed – April 06, 2026 02:15 pm IST