More trouble for Sanjay Dutt, non-bailable warrant issued

Mumbai, April 22: An Andheri court on Monday, April 22 issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against

creating more trouble for the

actor. The court issued the warrant following the complaint filed by a Bollywood producer Shakeel Noorani who accused Dutt of not completing one film.

Dutt has been accused of instructing underworld to threat Noorani. The producer alleged that Dutt had agreed to shoot for his movie in 2002 but later Dutt abandoned the project.

Now, Noorani wants Dutt to repay the signing amount which is a whopping Rs 50 lakh and nearly Rs 2 crore that he says he incurred as losses.

The NBW has been issued against Dutt as he has filed to appear for hearing in court for two days. Dutt recently has filed review petition in the Supreme Court challenging his conviction and 5-year-jail term which was given by the apex court in connection with Bombay Blast 1993 case.

Dutt filed the review petition on Friday, April 18 and sources informed that court hearing on the petition is likely to come up in this week.

The apex court had upheld Dutt's conviction on March 21 asking him to surrender on or before April 18, 2013. His jail sentence was, however, reduced from six to five years.

Dutt, son of late actor-turned-politician Sunil Dutt, has already served 18 months in jail and will now have to spend another three-and-half-years in jail. His counsel urged the court to release him on probation, considering his past conduct and involvement with charitable and social work.

Dutt was convicted of illegal possession of arms in November 2006 but was acquitted of more serious charges of criminal conspiracy under the TADA, the now-defunct terror law.

The Supreme Court recently has given 4 weeks relief to Dutt granting his request to extend the time of his surrender. While Dutt had requested for 6 months more to surrender so that he could complete 7 projects, he has only been given 4 weeks on 'humanitarian grounds'. 53-year-old Dutt was to surrender on April 18.

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