Dutt's bail plea adjourned to next Tuesday

COURTING LADY LUCK AGAIN: In his plea, Dutt has contended he was only convicted under the Arms Act.

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New Delhi: Actor Sanjay Dutt's bail petition which was scheduled to be heard in Supreme Court on Tuesday, has been adjourned to next Tuesday. He has been sentenced to six years' imprisonment in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.

A Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan, was scheduled to take up Dutt's plea along with petitions of three other convicts Yusuf Mohsin Nallawala, Samir Hingora and Zaibunisa Anwar Qazi.

The Bench on November 2 had declined him an urgent hearing. In his plea, Dutt has contended he was only convicted under the Arms Act and during the 14 years of trial, he has already undergone one-fourth of the six-year imprisonment he was sentenced to.

Dutt, who got a copy of the judgement on October 22, complied with the bail condition and surrendered before being taken to Yerrawada jail in Pune.

If Dutt is granted bail on Tuesday, he could be released from the jail later in the evening.

It has been 14 years since Dutt was first arrested in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. The actor was picked up by the Crime Branch on April 19, 1993 for illegally possessing arms and spent 16 months behind bars as an undertrial.

He raked up quite a controversy when he got bail and walked out of prison despite being charged under TADA.

This wasn't the only instant when luck favoured him. He has had several other near misses at the court. The most significant being absolved of terrorism and conspiracy charges.