Sanjay Dutt's plea seeking time to surrender after he was given a six-year jail term in the 1993 serial blasts case on Tuesday was rejected by a special court that said he should be held in a separate cell in the Arthur Road Jail.
The court said it would hear on August 2 another application filed by Dutt seeking to be kept at the Arthur Road Prison in central Mumbai and not to be sent to a jail in another part of the state like the other convicts in the case.
Judge P D Kode also allowed the star to meet family members and close friends and to speak to his daughter Trishala who lives in the US.
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Arms Act for illegal possession of an AK-56 assault rifle and a 9mm pistol.
The actor told the court he felt he would get the benefit of the Probation of Offenders Act (POA) and his sentence would be waived, and hence he wanted to make certain arrangements before he was sent to jail.
"You (Judge Kode) are more than family for all of us," Dutt said.
However, Kode said it was not a personal matter and he was only doing his duty to uphold the law.
"I have seen you in the last 10 years and exempted you by giving concessions in all matters. You have utilised the time to the best and shot for movies, doing remarkably well in the film line. Don't be sentimental, be calm and quiet," Kode remarked.
Hearing this, Dutt said he feared for his and associate Yusuf Nulwalla's safety and asked that they be kept in the Arthur Road Jail.
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Sanjay Dutt was on Tuesday sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for six years for illegal possession of weapons that were given to him by associates of gangster Dawood Ibrahim ahead of the 1993 serial blasts in Mumbai.
Dutt, who spent 16 months in prison after his arrest in April 1993 and was free on bail, was also fined Rs 25,000 by the special TADA court of Judge P D Kode.
Dutt, who was seated in the back of the court when the sentence was announced, was visibly shocked as....
the judge gave the reasoning for his decision not to grant him relief under the POA Act.
After pronouncing the sentence, the court cancelled the bail granted to Dutt and told police to take him into custody.
Dutt was convicted in November last year under the Arms Act for the illegal possession of a 9mm pistol and an AK-56 rifle but was acquitted of more serious terrorism charges under the stringent TADA law.
Initially, the court granted Dutt's associate Rusi Mulla benefit under the POA Act but then announced that the actor and two others would not be eligible to get relief under the same law.
The court observed that Dutt had not merely committed a criminal act but also told three others to commit criminal acts on his behalf.
After a court clerk read out the sentence, Dutt was seen chatting with fellow convicts and friends Yusuf Nulwalla and Kersi Adajania.
Commenting upon affidavits filed by public personalities like actor Dilip Kumar in support of Dutt, Judge Kode said these are of no use if there is material that says that the actor has indulged in a criminal act.
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