Sanjay Dutt gets 14-day extension on medical grounds

Sanjay DuttBollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, currently out of the Yerwada Central Jail here on parole, has secured a 14-day extension on medical grounds, official sources said here Monday.

Dutt, 53, whose parole period is due to end Monday, last week made an application for another fortnight’s extension.

Scheduled to return to the jail Monday evening, Sanjay will now come back to his cell Oct 29, the sources said.

On Oct 1, the incarcerated actor secured a 14-day parole from Yerwada Central Jail on medical grounds.

A parole is a conditional release granted to a prisoner for a limited period of time for a specific purpose and is strictly governed under the Indian jail laws.

“It does not imply commutation of the sentence or amnesty and is purely decided on individual cases, at the discretion of the concerned authorities,” eminent criminal lawyer J.P. Mishra told IANS.

Dutt is serving a 42-month sentence for his role in the March 1993 Mumbai serial blasts.

He was convicted by a Special TADA Court for illegal possession of a pistol and an AK-47 military assault rifle during the March 1993 blasts.

In March this year, the Supreme Court upheld his conviction for violation of the Arms Act and reduced his sentence from six years, awarded by a lower court, to five years.

He had already served one-and-half years behind bars as an undertrial and returned to Mumbai’s Arthur Road Central Jail May 16, 2013, to serve the remaining sentence.

Later, on security grounds he was shifted to Pune’s Yerwada Central Jail where he has been lodged the past five months.

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9 Comments

  • RIP justice in India………. if u have money u can do anything in this country. Laws apply only to the poor. No other reason can explain why Sanjay Dutt was allowed out and Salman is still not in jail.

  • same is going to happen with Salman Khan also….he will be out from jail for parol ….money can do anything……Salman’s case has been dragged to 10 years because of his money power…he spend nly 2 weeks in jail…what is happening….Law should be same to all citizens….Indian law became a joke for people like Salman and Sanjay Dutt….who will beileve in this law then??…..Saalman killed an innocent poor person …..who will give justice to that poor innocent person’s family ??

  • @Nipun: Whatever…. what is said is very much true… What the hell is happening??? on medical grounds? bull shit

  • Miss you Sanju Bhai .
    @Indicine . I would like to know what happen to Munna Bhai Chale America , i saw ts trailer about a year ago . When will it release .

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