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Bail for Bollywood's Sanjay Dutt Bail for Bollywood's Sanjay Dutt
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Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, jailed for buying weapons from bombers who attacked Mumbai in 1993, has been given bail by the Indian Supreme Court. Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, jailed for buying weapons from bombers who attacked Mumbai in 1993, has been given 'temporary' bail by the Supreme Court.
Dutt was sentenced for six years three weeks ago and is lodged in a prison in the western Indian city of Pune. Dutt was sentenced for six years three weeks ago and is being held in a prison in the western Indian city of Pune.
The actor is the most high-profile of 100 people convicted in connection with the blasts which killed 257 people.The actor is the most high-profile of 100 people convicted in connection with the blasts which killed 257 people.
He was cleared of conspiracy, but found guilty of illegally possessing a rifle and a pistol.He was cleared of conspiracy, but found guilty of illegally possessing a rifle and a pistol.
Dutt's lawyers appealed for bail in the Supreme Court a fortnight ago.
On Monday, the court ordered the actor's release on the grounds that a copy of the judgement, passed by the special anti-terror court in Mumbai, is yet to reach the actor.
But court has specified that the relief is temporary.
Hundreds of people were killed in the blasts
The judge said as soon as the actor gets a copy of the Mumbai court order, he will have to surrender again and he will be sent back to jail.
Only after that can the actor file an appeal for bail and the matter will be considered on merit, the judge added.
The son of a Hindu father and Muslim mother, Sanjay Dutt said the weapons were necessary in order to defend his family during the Hindu-Muslim rioting of 1993 that followed the destruction by Hindu zealots of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya.
The Mumbai blasts were allegedly carried out by Mumbai's (Bombay's) Muslim-dominated underworld in retaliation for the riots, in which most of those killed were Muslims.
Dutt found fame playing gangsters and anti-heroes.Dutt found fame playing gangsters and anti-heroes.
His trial generated huge interest among Bollywood fans across India.His trial generated huge interest among Bollywood fans across India.