Actor Sanjay Dutt walks out of jail finally. Facts you should know

After spending four years, three months and 14 days in Yerwada Prison, bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt walked out of the jail today morning. Along with him he carried Rs 440 which he head earned during his sentence in prison.

As soon as he walked on the prison, he did not forget to turn back and salute the national flag that was hoisted atop the Yerwada jail’s entrance.

 

The 56-year-old actor was found a guilty by a special TADA court in the 1993 Mumbai blast incident. Though the Supreme Court had sentenced Dutt for a five year term in jail, he was given a remission of eight months and 16 days on account of his ‘good behavior’ as the inmate of Yerwada.

Meanwhile on Wednesday, a social worker from Mumbai has reportedly moved a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in Bombay high court against the early release of Dutt. As per reports, the PIL highlighted unequal treatment of prisoners with regard to remission offered to the convicted actor.

The PIL was filed by Pradeep Bhalekar, chairman of Samijik Karyakarta Saurakhan Samiti. It pointed out to the court that there are 27,740 prisoners in the jails of Maharashtra who need to be granted freedom on the same account.

A timeline of Dutt’s hookup with law

April 19, 1993 – Sanjay Dutt was arrested for possessing a cache of arms and ammunition ahead of Mumbai serial blasts, in which 257 were killed.

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May 5, 1993 – Dutt was released  on bail

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July 4, 1993 -Bail was revoked and he was taken to custody

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November 4, 1993 – A charge sheet of more than 10,000 pages was filed against 189 suspects including the actor.

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October 16, 1995 – Supreme Court granted bail to Dutt

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November 2006 – (Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act) TADA special court in Mumbai held Dutt guilty for possessing a 9 mm pistol and under Section 7 for possessing an AK-56 rifle.

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July 2007 – Rejecting Dutt’s plea for leniency, the court sentenced him for six years in jail. The court observed that his acts were found to be ‘eminently dangerous’ and ‘high element of criminality’.

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August 2, 2007 – Dutt was relocated from Arthur Jail to Yerwada jail owing to security reasons

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August 20, 2007 – He was granted bail by SC

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March 21, 2013 – SC directed Dutt to surrender within four weeks

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April 20, 2013 – Dutt moved a review petition against the 2013 March 21 judgement of SC

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May 10, 2013 – SC rejected the actor’s review petition

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May 16, 2013 – Dutt surrendered and was sent to Yerwada prison

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October 2, 2013 – Dutt granted furlough for two week (It was later extended until October 29, 2013)

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October 30, 2013 – The actor returned to jail

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December 6, 2013 – Dutt was granted 30 days parole

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January 2014 – He received an extension of parole by 30 days

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February 2014 – Received a second extension of Parole by 30 days

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December 23, 2014 – Dutt was granted furlough

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January 10, 2015 – He returned to jail after his plea for extension was rejected

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August 26, 2015 – Dutt was released on parole

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February 25, 2016 – The actor was finally released from jail

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