Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Sunjay Dutt Gets 6yr in Imprisonment

Sanjay Dutt was on Tuseday(31-july-07)sentenced to six years in prison for illegal possession of arms in connection with the 1993 Mumbai blasts case.
->Dutt sentenced to six years in prison
->Dutt's bail cancelled; will be taken into custody right away
->Dutt asks judge to be allowed to call his sister, daughter
->Dutt asked to pay a fine of Rs 25,000
->Dutt can apply for bail later
->Yusuf Nullwala gets 5 years in jail
In his observation on Sanjay Dutt the judge said that acquisition of guns showed scant respect for law.The judge cancelled Dutt's bail and he will be taken into custody right away. He has been fined a sum of Rs 25,000.
However, Dutt's lawyers said that they will appeal in the Supreme Court
Soon after the verdict was pronounced Dutt asked the judge to be allowed to call his daughter and also pleaded for few days to surrender.
Earlier, the judge had refused the probation report of Dutt and other accused Yusuf Nullwala and Kersi Adajania.He also said that Dutt committed the offence and also made others do so. He further observed that Dutt made Nullwala an offender by making him destroy the weapon.Nullwala has been sentenced to five years in prison while Kersi gets two years in jail.One of the aides of Sanjay Dutt, Russi Mulla who was also accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case has been let off by the special TADA court.Mulla will be given probation on surety of Rs 1 lakh and will be under observation for a year.The trial in the Mumbai serial blasts case finally came to an end with all 100 convicted being sentenced. The serial blasts on March 12, 1993 had killed 257 people.

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