Mumbai: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, jailed for arms case related to the 1993 Mumbai blasts will be out of the bars on February 27.
Sanjay Dutt will be released free from Yerwada jail in Pune a few days before his official date of release. Last year, a petition was filed by former Supreme Court Judge Markandey Katju in 2013 asking pardon for Sanjay Dutt which was later rejected.
According to the sources, Governor Vidyasagar Rao rejected the petition on the recommendation of Maharashtra home department, which said it would set a bad precedent as the actor’s conviction was confirmed by the Supreme Court.
The 51-year-old actor found guilty in 2007 of having illegal weapons from those who were involved in the deadly attacks 1993 in Mumbai, which took the life of 257 people and left 100’s with wounds. He was sentenced to six years in jail in 2007; he served 18 months but then was out on bail, fighting the conviction until a court in March 2013 ordered him back to jail in Pune.
