Sanjay Dutt sentenced to 6 yrs in prison
Tuesday, July 31, 2007 (Mumbai): Actor Sanjay Dutt has been sentenced to six years in prison for illegal possession of arms in connection with the 1993 Mumbai blasts case . In his observation on Sanjay Dutt the judge said that acquisition of guns showed scant respect for law. The judge cancelled Dutt's bail and he will be taken into custody right away. He has been fined a sum of Rs 25,000. However, Dutt's lawyers said that they will appeal in the Supreme Court. Soon after the verdict was pronounced Dutt asked the judge to be allowed to call his daughter and also pleaded for few days to surrender. Earlier, the judge had refused the probation report of Dutt and other accused Yusuf Nullwala and Kersi Adajania. He also said that Dutt committed the offence and also made others do so. He further observed that Dutt made Nullwala an offender by making him destroy the weapon. Nullwala has been sentenced to five years in prison while Kersi gets two years in jail. One of the aides of San...