Dutt's release likely by August 22

Pune, Aug 21: Actor Sanjay Dutt is likely to be released on interim bail only tomorrow as formalities and paper work may not be completed today.

Sanjay has been lodged in the Yerawada Jail since August 1, after being convicted for six years RI under the Arms Act in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case.

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Souces said family members, including Sanjay's sister and Congress MP Priya Dutt, were waiting for release orders from the Apex Court. They will be submitting the papers to the TADA court in Mumbai this afternoon or tomorrow morning for the release orders.

''We need to see if the orders from the TADA Court will reach here before 1700hrs, even so we have our procedures that take over an hour minimum, therefore his release today appears to be unlikely,'' said jail authorities.

The police resorted to a mild lathi charge to disperse the jostling crowd, who were waiting to have a glimpse of their hero outside the Yerawada Jail.

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