More Time Granted By Court To Sanju Baba
February 7, 2007
Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt Thursday got further time to surrender as a special court hearing arguments on his bail plea in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case fixed Feb 20 as the next date.
Dutt has urged for leniency before the special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court that convicted him in November 2006 for possessing illegal arms but absolved him of terror conspiracy charges.
The judge granted Dutt extension of time to surrender until further orders. The court, which had granted him a one-day bail extension on Tuesday as well as Wednesday, heard arguments by the prosecution on his application seeking benefit under the Probation of Offenders Act.
As arguments remained inconclusive, Dutt’s senior counsel V.K. Manohar was given time till Feb 20 to file a rejoinder.
Opposing the Bollywood star’s plea, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) counsel and special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam demanded that Dutt be given the maximum sentence of 10 years.
Judgement Day For Sanju Baba On January 18th
December 25, 2006
The fate of popular Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, convicted for possessing illegal arms, will be decided Jan 18 when an anti-terror court here will hear arguments on the quantum of his sentence.
Special Judge P.D. Kode of the designated court Thursday decided to take up on Jan 18 the arguments on the quantum of sentence to Dutt and six other convicts of the 1993 Mumbai serial bombings, while extending their bail till that date.
The judge ordered all seven to surrender before him Jan 18.
While hearing arguments on duration of their sentence, the court will also dwell upon whether Dutt and the six others could be set free “on probation” for their good conduct under the Probation of Offenders Act after their sentencing.
Six others, whom the court, set up under the now-repealed Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA), ordered to surrender included Russi Mullah, Zebunisa Qazi, Yusuf Nalwallah, Rubina Bhivandiwala, Keris Adjania, Imtiaz Ghawte and S.N. Thapa.
While fixing the date for next hearing, the court said it was giving time to both sides to submit their arguments on the quantum of sentence to the convicts and on the issue of providing relief to them under the Probation of Offenders Act.
All Praise For Lage Raho Munna Bhai : The Prime Minister
October 27, 2006
Way to go Sanju Baba!
The ‘Gandhigiri’ fever that caught the nation did not leave Prime Minister Manmohan Singh untouched when he took time off his busy schedule today to enjoy the Sanjay Dutt-starrer ‘Lage Raho Munna Bhai’.
“It captures Bapu’s message about the power of truth and humanism,” Singh remarked after watching a special screening of the movie at the Panchavati Hall in his Race Course Road residence.
Some members of the Prime Minister’s family and the PMO staff also got an opportunity to watch the about three-hour movie which has suddenly brought into limelight Mahatma Gandhi’s principles of non-violence and ’satyagraha’.
Singh, who was scheduled to watch the film two weeks ago, had praised the movie during his recent visit to South Africa.
