Sanjay Dutt sentenced to 6 years in prison
31 July 2007 | Actors | No Comments
The Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act court on Tuesday sentenced Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt [Images] to six years in prison for his role in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. Dutt will be sent to prison straight from the court, which is located inside the Arthur Road jail premises in central Mumbai.
TADA Judge Pramod Dattaram Kode does not have the power to grant Dutt bail under the Criminal Procedure Code. Dutt's bail will stand cancelled, lawyer Majid Menon said. His lawyers said they would appeal against the judgment in the Supreme Court on Tuesday afternoon.
Judge Kode pronounced Dutt an offender and said he was present at a dinner party attended by fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim, the main accused in the 1993 blasts case. The judge said Dutt had committed a series of offences and that he was mature when he committed these offences.
Dutt was almost in tears when the judge pronounced the verdict. He asked if he could call his daughter Trishala, who lives in New York. The judge asked Dutt "Where is she?" "In New York," replied Dutt. "Be patient," the judge told Dutt.
"Can you grant me bail?" Dutt then asked the judge. "If it was a lesser crime I could, but in this case I don't have the power to do so," the judge said. Dutt then requested the judge not to have the police surround him and take him away to jail. The judge then said, "OK, we will give you time till post-lunch." ….read more
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