Anna Hazare not in favour of pardoning Sanjay Dutt

Mangalore Today/CNN-IBN

Pune, March 23: Even as the chorus for clemency for actor Sanjay Dutt grew louder, social activist Anna Hazare on Saturday disapproved of the demand to pardon him in a case related to the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts. "The judiciary has given its verdict. It is not proper to interfere with the court judgement," he told reporters here when asked to comment on the pleadings from various quarters and the Bollywood for Dutt’s pardon.

Anna Hazare-Sanjay Dutt parden

On March 21, the Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the 53-year-old actor under the Arms Act and sentenced him to jail for five years. The veteran Gandhian, however, maintained that "those who love him have the right to seek pardon for him."

Besides Press Council of India chief Markandey Katju, a former Supreme Court Judge, some prominent personalties of Bollywood have sought pardon for the film star.

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sarika mendon, muloor/mumbai	Mon, March-25-2013, 12:42
Well atleast someone has the guts to be honest .... for once there is no micing of words where a celebrity is concerned.
shyamsunder karkera, padubidri	Mon, March-25-2013, 12:40
i heard even digvijay singh wants the court to pardon him as sanjay dutt has already suffered for 20 years ... but is that really fair ?? ... if it was some one else than he would have been behind the bars for life .. this guy spent only 18 months in jail and was on bail for almost 20 god damn years making crores of money , got married twice , now even has a family ... all the court is asking him to do is spend 3 more behind the bars for his indirect involvement in the gruesome blasts ... the least he could do for the victims and their kin .

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