The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to actor Sanjay Dutt who had been convicted in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. The actor had been sentenced to six years’ imprisonment by the TADA court in the case.
A Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan took up Dutt's plea along with petitions of other convicts Yusuf Mohsin Nallawala, Samir Hingora and Zaibunisa Anwar Qazi. "Considerations for his bail were related to Arms Act, which is not anywhere related to bomb blast and he has been there in the jail for a long time. He was there since 18 months and that is the reason for his bail being granted today by the Supreme Court. He will be released only after two days now. He has to submit his passport too. His appeal would take time," Dutt's lawyer Karan Singh said.
Granting him bail, the apex court said Dutt will have to furnish a bond subject to satisfaction of the TADA judge and his passport will remain deposited. The apex court will now hold next hearing in the case after six months, implying that Dutt's relief will be of at least that period.
The court also granted bail to 17 of the 25 convicts who approached it. The court adopted common parameter in granting bail to those convicts, who have already undergone half the period of sentence awarded by the trial court.
In case of Somnath Thapa, the custom officer sentenced to life term, the bail was granted on medical ground as he is suffering from cancer.
All those granted bail, will have to report before the Special Task Force of CBI, Mumbai once in a month, the court said.
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