The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted actor Sanjay Dutt bail in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. The actor had been sentenced to six years’ imprisonment by the TADA court in the case. A bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan, to took up Dutt’s plea along with petitions of other convicts Yusuf Mohsin Nallawala, Samir Hingora and Zaibunisa Anwar Qazi.
The Bench on November 2 had declined him an urgent hearing. In his plea, Dutt has contended he was only convicted under the Arms Act and during the 14 years of trial, he has already undergone one-fourth of the six-year imprisonment he was sentenced to.
Sanjay Dutt was earlier granted interim bail on condition that he would surrender, after getting a copy of the TADA court judgment. Dutt, who got a copy of the judgment on October 22, complied with the bail condition and surrendered before being taken to Yerwada jail in Pune.
Last week, the court had said it would hear the pleas of all the accused in the case together and give a general direction on bail.
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