The Maharashtra government on Thursday told Bombay High Court that Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, who completed his term and was released in February 2016, can be sent back to jail if it's found that any rules were flouted in giving parole or furlough.
Questioning the state's justification of not giving special treatment to Sanjay Dutt, the court asked, "Within two months from his surrender on May 16, 2013, how could authorities allow his parole and furlough leave application concurrently.”
The Bombay High Court has given further two weeks time to the state government to explain its chronology of leave granted to Sanjay Dutt, and also for them to explain criteria behind ascertaining good conduct for granting remission in sentence.
Sanjay Dutt When He Was In Jail
On July 17, The Maharashtra Government presented an affidavit at the Bombay High Court justifying its decision of early release of Sanjay Dutt, an accused in the 1993 Bombay blasts case.
According to an ANI report, the state government presented a calculation of his remission and mentioned that all prison rules were followed.
The affidavit has been filed after the Bombay High Court, on June 12, asked the Maharashtra Government to justify its decision to release actor Sanjay Dutt from prison eight months early in the 1993 serial blasts case.
The total parole leave mentioned in the affidavit is four months and furlough leave is one month and 14 days.
The affidavit also mentioned that Dutt was not found guilty of all the other offences for which he was charged and, accordingly, acquitted for all the said offences.
Sanjay Dutt's Upcoming Movie Bhoomi
Dutt was
sentenced to five years in jail for his role in the 1993 blasts case. He served
his sentence in Yerawada Central Prison in Pune for illegal possession and
destruction of an AK-56 rifle.
On July, 2007,
the TADA court in Mumbai sentenced him to six years' rigorous imprisonment
under the Arms Act and imposed a fine of Rs. 25,000.
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