Supreme Court stays conviction, life term of Amit Jogi in NCP leader’s murder case

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the conviction and life sentence of Amit Jogi, son of Chhattisgarh’s former Chief Minister Ajit Jogi, in a 2003 murder case, reported Bar and Bench.

He had been convicted by the Chhattisgarh High Court on April 2 for conspiring to kill Nationalist Congress Party treasurer Ramvatar Jaggi. The NCP leader had been shot dead in Raipur in June 2003, when Ajit Jogi was chief minister.

Jaggi was killed ahead of a massive rally by the NCP, which was said to have been posing a challenge to the Congress government at the time.