Sanjay Dutt’s final plea in 1993 blasts case rejected by Supreme Court

Mangalore Today/DHNS

New Delhi, July 23: Actor Sanjay Dutt has exhausted his last legal option in the 1993 Bombay blasts case after the Supreme Court today dismissed his curative petition that had sought a review of the court’s verdict. The Supreme Court had sentenced him to five years in jail in March.

 

The Supreme Court dismissed Mr Dutt’s petition, saying no case has been made out for it to review its decision of convicting the actor.

A curative petition is filed after the dismissal of the review petition and is decided in the chambers of judges, and not in open court.

The 53-year-old actor, who has been convicted in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case for illegal possession of weapons, surrendered before a special court in Mumbai on May 16. He is currently lodged in Pune’s Yerawada Jail.

In March this year, the Supreme Court upheld his conviction in the case but reduced a trial court sentence of six years to five years. But the actor now has to serve 42 months in jail as he has already served 18 months 20 years ago, part of it at the Yerawada prison.