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| Star convicted over Mumbai bombs | Star convicted over Mumbai bombs |
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| Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt has been found guilty of involvement in India's deadliest series of bomb attacks. | |
| Dutt, 47, was convicted of possessing illegal firearms but cleared of conspiracy in the 1993 Mumbai attacks. He will be sentenced at a later date. | |
| He was among 123 defendants facing trial over 12 blasts that killed 257 people and injured more than 700. | He was among 123 defendants facing trial over 12 blasts that killed 257 people and injured more than 700. |
| The attacks were allegedly ordered by the Muslim-dominated underworld in retaliation for Hindu-Muslim riots. | The attacks were allegedly ordered by the Muslim-dominated underworld in retaliation for Hindu-Muslim riots. |
| Dutt was acquitted on four other counts, including criminal conspiracy, and faces up to three years in jail. He always denied the charges. | |
| The actor was arrested 13 years ago on terrorism charges and spent nearly two years in prison before the Supreme Court ordered his release on bail. | |
| Agitated | |
| The trial has gripped Bollywood, the world's most prolific film industry. | |
| 1993 MUMBAI BLASTS 12 blasts257 dead713 injured123 arrested and tried686 witnesses testify35,000 pages of evidence submitted13 years to reach verdict Profile: Fugitive gangster | |
| Dutt was in court to hear Tuesday's verdict and looked agitated as the judge delivered his verdict. | |
| Dressed in a grey and red-checked shirt and jeans with a vermillion mark on his forehead, the actor told the judge: "I am the only earning member of the family." | |
| He was ordered to stop speaking and to remain in court. All accused pronounced guilty are immediately taken into police custody. | |
| Judge PD Kode said the actor had been found in possession of weapons belonging to men who had carried out the bomb attacks, but he added: "I've not found him to be a terrorist or destructor." | |
| The man thought to have masterminded the plot, underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, has still not been caught. | |
| India says he and another key suspect, Tiger Memon, are hiding in Pakistan, a charge Pakistan has denied. | |
| Trial marathon | |
| There have been few trials in India's legal history to match this one. | |
| Evidence has been taken from more than 600 witnesses. | |
| Verdicts have been announced in stages since mid-September and sentences are yet to be passed. | |
| The bombings are believed to have been carried out by one of the city's notorious underworld crime syndicates, which were then dominated by Muslims. | |
| Their motive is said to have been revenge for religious riots a few months earlier that left more than 2,000 people dead across India, most of them Muslims. | |
| Most of the accused have been languishing in jail for the past 13 years. Lawyers have criticised the length of the trial. | |
| The case has taken so long that 12 of the accused have died and others have been imprisoned for so much longer than their likely sentence that a guilty verdict may still result in them walking free. |