Supreme Court grants bail to Sanjay Dutt
New
Delhi,
Nov
27:
The
Supreme
Court
today
granted
bail
to
Bollywood
actor
Sanjay
Dutt,
who
has
been
sentenced
to
six
years
of
rigorous
imprisonment
by
a
TADA
Court
under
the
Arms
Act.
While granting bail to Dutt, the apex court said Dutt will have to furnish a bond subject to satisfaction of the TADA judge and his passport will remain deposited. The apex court will now hold hearing in the case next after six months, implying Dutt's relief will be of at least that period. Dutt is presently lodged in Pune's Yerawada jail since October 22.
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Dutt
had
approached
the
apex
court
following
his
conviction
for
illegally
keeping
arms
-
an
AK
56
rifle
and
a
pistol,
relating
to
the
1993
Mumbai
blasts
case.
Dutt's
lawyer
argued
that
the
apex
court
should
grant
him
bail
on
the
ground
of
his
conduct,
and
that
he
has
never
broken
the
law
in
the
past
one
decade
since
he
was
first
granted
bail
in
connection
with
the
case.
Two months earlier, Dutt had received an interim bail from the apex court as he had not received a copy of his judgement. Dutt, surrendered before the TADA court last week after he received a copy of the special court's judgement. He had spent 22 days at the same jail in August, before he received the interim bail by the Supreme Court on August 20.
Dutt has already spent nearly 16 months in prison before his release on bail in 1996.
ANI
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