Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt gets 5-yr jail sentence for Mumbai blasts

The Indian Supreme Court on Thursday announced five-year jail sentence to Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt in connection with the 1993 Mumbai blast that claimed 257 lives, India media reports said.

Sanjay Dutt

Dutt, who has already served 18 months in prison during the lengthy trail, will now have to serve the remaining three and a half years in jail. Earlier, he was handed down six-year jail sentence but the apex court reduced it by one year in the final verdict.

The court has asked Sanjay Dutt to surrender within four weeks. While delivering its verdict, the apex court said that the minimum sentence under the Arms Act is five years and that it cannot go under this under any circumstance.

Soon after the judgement was delivered, Priya Dutt, Sanjay’s sister, broke down in the court.

100 people were convicted in the deadly blasts in India's financial capital out of which 12 were awarded death penalty and 20 were given life sentence by a Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court. nepalnews.com