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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