Now, Bombay HC questions extension of parole to Sanjay Dutt
February 25, 2014 17:05
The Bombay High Court has questioned the extension of parole given to actor and bomb blast convict Sanjay Dutt. The high court says it wants a panel of secretaries to be set up look into the matter and submit a status report in four weeks. The HC says it should use discretionary powers properly.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had sought a report from the Maharashtra Government on the same. Dutt was convicted by the Supreme Court for illegal possession of arms in relation to the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case and was sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment.
Dutt had served 18 months of his jail term earlier and had surrendered himself to the TADA court on May 18th, 2013 to serve the remaining punishment.
In less than a year, he had been granted parole three times by the Maharashtra Govt. The 54-year-old actor has been out on parole since December 21 and was going to return to the Yerawada Jail in Pune on February 21.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had sought a report from the Maharashtra Government on the same. Dutt was convicted by the Supreme Court for illegal possession of arms in relation to the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case and was sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment.
Dutt had served 18 months of his jail term earlier and had surrendered himself to the TADA court on May 18th, 2013 to serve the remaining punishment.
In less than a year, he had been granted parole three times by the Maharashtra Govt. The 54-year-old actor has been out on parole since December 21 and was going to return to the Yerawada Jail in Pune on February 21.
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