Sanjay given 4 more weeks to surrender
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India’s Supreme Court yesterday gave Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt,
convicted for illegal possession of weapons two decades ago, four more
weeks of freedom before returning to jail.
The top court said the relief to Dutt was granted on ‘humanitarian grounds.’
The actor, who was convicted by a trial court last month for illegally possessing weapons in a case linked to the 1993 bomb blasts in Mumbai, was to have returned to prison by today. He had applied this week for six months before he began his prison sentence.
The top court said the relief to Dutt was granted on ‘humanitarian grounds.’
The actor, who was convicted by a trial court last month for illegally possessing weapons in a case linked to the 1993 bomb blasts in Mumbai, was to have returned to prison by today. He had applied this week for six months before he began his prison sentence.
The apex court had last month upheld the conviction of Dutt and
sentenced him to five years for possessing firearms supplied by men who
executed a string of bombings in 1993 that killed 257 people in Mumbai.
Dutt has already served 18 months of his sentence but was released on bail while his case was in appeal.
He now has to serve the remaining three-and-a-half-years of his term.
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