Bombay HC adjourns hearing into PIL against Dutt's early release

February 25, 2016 13:16

The Bombay high court has adjourned the hearing of a PIL challenging the early release on remission of Sanjay Dutt from Pune's Yerawada prison, after observing that there was no urgency as the actor has already been released today.

A division bench of justices V M Kanade and Revati Mohite Dere sought to know from petitioner Pradeep Bhalekar, a social activist, why he approached the court at the last minute.

Dutt, who served the five-year sentence awarded to him the by Supreme Court in the 1993 bomb blasts case, was released this morning from the Yerawada prison near Pune after the Maharashtra home department granted him remission considering his good behaviour.

Bhalekar, in his petition filed yesterday through advocate Nitin Satpute, challenged the government's decision and sought for it to be quashed and set aside.

Advocate Satpute mentioned the petition before the bench today seeking urgent hearing, but the court refused and said nothing urgent remained in the petition as Dutt has been already released.

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