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Legal hurdles cleared, but Dutt won't be free today
Published on Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 16:32, Updated at Wed, Nov 28, 2007 in Nation section
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DELAYED FREEDOM: Sanjay Dutt may have to spend another night in jail as the order hasn't reached Pune Jail.
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Dutt set for release, Bollywood waits with open arms
He will be released only after the jail authorities receive the Tada court order.
Mumbai: The final legal hurdle for Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt's release from jail was cleared on Wednesday with Special TADA judge Pramod Kode, issuing the release orders for the Bollywood star along with 16 others who were granted bail by the Supreme Court.
The court has decided that Dutt will have to furnish a bail amount of 5 lakh rupees before walking out of Yerawada jail.
However, the actor may have to spend the night in jail, as it is unlikely that the order would reach the Pune Jail before late Wednesday evening.
Dutt, sentenced to six years' rigorous imprisonment by the TADA court under the Arms Act for illegal possession of weapons, has been lodged in the Yerawada jail since October 22, while others are kept in jails across Maharashtra.
The actor and 16 others were granted bail by the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
Judge Kode said the bail amount and surety for Dutt and the 16 others will be the same as that furnished by them during the course of the trial.
Dutt had paid Rs 5 lakh as bail and a surety of the same amount when he was granted bail for the first time by the Supreme Court in 1995. He will have to furnish the same amount this time.
Dutt's lawyers led by Satish Maneshinde are expected to complete the court formalities, get the order and travel to Pune to secure the actor's release. However, it is unlikely that the actor would be released on Wednesday as jail inmates are not released after sunset.
Earlier, when granted interim bail by the Supreme Court, Dutt had been released early in the morning after the formalities were completed.
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