Good news for Munnabhai's fans: Sanjay Dutt to be released by March 7, 2016

New Delhi, Dec 8: There is good news in the offing for all the big fans of Munnabhai alias Sanjay Dutt. Reportedly incarcerated Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt will be freed in March next year.

If sources are to be believed, Dutt who is serving remaining 42-month period of his five-year sentence, will be released by March 7, 2016.

In march 2013, the Supreme Court had confirmed five-year sentence to Sanjay Dutt
for his involvement in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts.

Dutt was acquitted of terror charges under the TADA, but found guilty of possessing illegal arms, acquired ostensibly to protect his family during the communal conflagration that engulfed Mumbai after the demolition of the Babri Mosque on December 6, 1992.

Following the apex court orders, his bail was cancelled and he was ordered to surrender within four weeks, which he complied with on May 16, 2013 and was lodged in Arthur Road Central Jail.

A week later, he was shifted to the Yeravada Central Jail, Pune, where he has been lodged since then and has earned the reputation of being a well-behaved inmate.

Of the five-year sentence, the actor had already served 18 months as an undertrial and was required to undergo another 42 months, which is now on the verge of completing.

In between serving time, Dutt was granted either parole or furlough on various grounds, attracting a lot of criticism from various quarters, while some prominent personalities demanded his release from jail.

OneIndia News

(with inputs from IANS)