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Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, granted bail in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, was on Thursday allowed by the Supreme Court to go abroad for film shootings. A Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan directed him to return by September 30 and submit his passport with a court.
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Dutt had sought exemption from a prison term, after being found guilty by the court of illegal possession of firearms.
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'I used to go to Sanjay Dutt, give him the scene, and then act it out.' 'He would say, 'Arrey, Girishbhai kar lunga'.' 'But I would insist: 'Nahin, main karke dikhane chahta hoon'.' He said this was the first time in his career that someone was acting out the scene for him!'
However, his lawyer Farhana Shah told PTI the court would not necessarily decide on Dutt's application seeking relief under the Probation of Offenders Act on that day. "The court has merely asked him to be present on Friday," she said.
Public Prosecutor, Ujjwal Nikam opposing relief to Dutt, had argued in the court that Dutt was not a minor not to know that it was illegal and unlawful act to keep such weapons at home.
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Dutt went along with his sister Priya, who is a Congress parliamentarian, to offer prayers.
The Supreme Court, while granting him bail, made it clear that he will have to surrender before TADA court once he gets copy of the judgment.
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Dutt's laywer V R Manohar said the TADA court would be requested to appoint a probation officer and go through his report before deciding on Dutt's plea for relief under the law.
Dutt was accompanied by his lawyer Satish Maneshinde and another co-accused Yusuf Nulwala when he came out of the jail.
Actor Sanjay Dutt was on Thursday shifted from the Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai to Yerwada Jail near Pune after he withdrew his application to be kept in a prison in Mumbai.
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Salem has also said that though he was involved in transportation of these weapons, initially he had no idea that he was transporting weapons.
Currently, Dutt is out on furlough since August 27 citing his daughter's 'medical problems'.
The families are protesting the 'preferential treatment', which has been given to Dutt. Police have detained 12 women and three men.
Sanjay was found guilty under the Arms Act on November 28 for possessing a 9 mm pistol and an AK-56 rifle in the 1993 bomb blast case.
Judge P D Kode issued the order while hearing the bail plea filed by the lawyers of Dutt and his friend Yusuf Nallwalla.
The TADA court on Monday held an aide of Abu Salem guilty of carrying weapons from Sanjay Dutt's residence to the house of co-accused but acquitted another due to lack of evidence.
The future of his forthcoming films hangs in the balance till the TADA court gives a verdict on the actor's alleged involvement in the 1993 Mumbai blasts.
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Actor Sanjay Dutt, serving a 42-month sentence in the 1993 Bombay blasts case, has sought to be let out on parole for treatment of an undisclosed medical condition, Yerawada jail authorities said on Tuesday.
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According to a report appearing in the February 14 edition of Mid Day, Dutt said he wanted to be on the 'side of the law'.
Deposing as a witness in the case of alleged Bollywood-underworld nexus, the actor also denied his alleged telephonic talk with Shakeel.
Sanjay Dutt's 'parole favours' are bound to evoke public anger in abundance when one considers the fact although the Bollywood star has been granted parole thrice in nine months, the authorities across the country have considered only 228 out of a total 4,146 parole applications filed in the last four years. And if that's not enough, the state Maharashtra has a dubious record in terms of granting parole as it has considered only 8 out of 150 applications since 2010. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
