Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt walks free out of Yerawada prison


Pune, Feb 25 (PTI): Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt today walked free out of the Yerawada prison here after completing his prison term, putting behind his turbulent past as a convict in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case.

Clad in blue shirt and jeans, a smiling Dutt was escorted out of the imposing jail gates this morning after completing formalities and got into a car that drove him straight to Lohegaon Airport here to take a chartered flight to Mumbai.

The 56-year-old on screen 'Khalnayak' saluted the tri-colour fluttering on top of the jail building as he carried a bag containing his belongings and his inmate file with him.

Dutt's wife Maanyata and noted film maker Rajkumar Hirani accompanied him on way to the city airport. The "Munnabhai" of the celluloid, saluted the soil outside the prison before his got into the waiting car, juggling a khaki bag and a green coloured file.

Sanjay spent 42 months, a remainder of the his five year sentence in the Yerawada prison. His stay was mired in various controversies relating to his frequent paroles and furlough which the detractors said was granted to him as special favours due to his celebrity status.

Prison authorities and his lawyers, however, refuted the allegations, saying his remission of 144 days and his parole leave was in accordance with jail manual and prescribed rules.

The Bollywood star was arrested on April 19, 1993, for possession and destruction of an AK-56 rifle, which was a part of cache of arms and explosives which landed in India prior to the serial blasts of March 1993.

During the investigation and the marathon trial, he spent 18 months in jail. On July 31, 2007, the TADA court in Mumbai sentenced him to six years' rigorous imprisonment under the Arms Act and imposed a fine of Rs 25,000.

In 2013, the Supreme Court upheld the ruling but reduced the sentence to five years following which he surrendered to serve the rest of his sentence. According to jail officials, Dutt was given work of making paper bags in his cell.

The actor, embroiled in heated debates over his frequent parole and furlough leave in many quarters, regularly participated in the programmes on internal circuit jail radio, jail sources said.

During his imprisonment, he was granted parole of 90 days in December 2013 and again for 30 days later.

  

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Promenade Road,Frazer Town,B'lore

    Thu, Feb 25 2016

    HOPE HE HAS MEND HIS NATURE AND GOING TO CONCENTRATE FULLY ON FILMS WHICH IS HIS LINE.

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  • Santan Mascarenhas, Kinnigoli/Mumbai

    Thu, Feb 25 2016

    Munnabhai, Haddi todneka samay, sharir me 206 haddi hai karke tumne socha nai.
    Abi to tum baar haye ho
    Tension lene ka nai
    Khali tension dene ka.

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  • Jaimini P.B., Manipal,Sharajah

    Thu, Feb 25 2016

    Pappu's next protest " Why did Sunjay Dutt walk out free when many Dalits are inside?" .He even forgets that Sanjay'S father Sunil Dutt was Congress MP !! Pappu forgets that Sanjay was arrested under Congress Rule"

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  • nazeer Husain, jeddah saudi Arabi

    Thu, Feb 25 2016

    As always no protest,no media trial just because he is sanjay dutt.There was also some send off programme held in jail.PEOPLE ARRESTED IN MANGALORE STILL IN JAIL ON SERIOUS TERRORISM CHARGES INCLUDING ILLEGAL ARMS WHICH ACTUALLY LIKE SCISSORS AND KNIFE ECT USED IN HAIR CUTTING SALOON.

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  • MW, DUBAI

    Thu, Feb 25 2016

    now no protest from feku bhakt since the terrorist belong to their....

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  • Sudhakar, Kallianpur

    Thu, Feb 25 2016

    But Sajay Dutt's mother and wife is belong to thier.....

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  • Mw, Dubai

    Fri, Feb 26 2016

    Y sympathy to a terrorist....

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  • bhuvan, kavoor

    Thu, Feb 25 2016

    here you go..now he is qualified to become politician..

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  • India First, India

    Thu, Feb 25 2016

    Rahul & Keriwal must protest against Sanjay Dutts release.

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  • Amin Bhoja, Patte / Riyadh

    Thu, Feb 25 2016

    Guilty to be punished and ' no one is above the law'!!!.

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  • MASTHAN , DUB

    Thu, Feb 25 2016

    SANJU BABA RETURNS. COMING SOON MOVIE

    BUT SALMAN KHAN LUCKY ESCAPE.

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  • S N Bangs, Thannirubhavi

    Thu, Feb 25 2016

    Why this Joy & Happiness in release of a convict after completing his prison sentence? He is gone to jail for some good done for the people? Actually he was sentenced lightly because of clout he enjoys.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Thu, Feb 25 2016

    For the last two years my script was ready.
    Today I found the third character for my Blockbuster 'FEKU, DAKU & CHAKU' ...

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  • HENRY MISQUITH, Bahrain

    Thu, Feb 25 2016

    also keep one special role for 'Tulsi' of Kyonki saas bhi kabhi bahu thi..

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Thu, Feb 25 2016

    Henry, I found Shakuni Mama too from the Union Cabinet ...

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  • Rita D'Souza, Mangalore

    Thu, Feb 25 2016

    Slight correction Jossy,

    It's not chaku,. Its AK(u)

    the alphabet u is for maintaining the rhyme.

    I know my comment does not make any sense. But in this country nothing makes sense any more- not least the judiciary system.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Thu, Feb 25 2016

    Rita, I write within one line and still it makes sense ...

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  • Ashok Kotian, Mangalore / Mumbai

    Thu, Feb 25 2016

    Hope from now onwards, Sanjay Dutt turns himself into a real Munnabhai and look forward to doing something good for the common man and society. First of all, he needs to delink himself from all his old bad contracts.
    Best of Luck.

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  • MASTHAN, DUB

    Thu, Feb 25 2016

    YOUNG DAYS HE USED TO TAKE DRUGS, DDNT HAVE SENSE WHAT HE WAS DOING WAS RIGHT OR WRONG, YES HE MADE A BIG MISTAKE BY BRINGING AK-56 TO INDIA.

    BUT IT WAS JUST FOR SHOW-OFF, HE NEVER USED. BUT IF MUMBAI BLAST NEVER HAPPENED, HE WOULDN'T GOT THE PUNISHMENT
    YOUNG DAYS HE MADE A MISTAKE
    OLDEN DAYS HE GOT PUNISHMENT.

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  • MW, DUBAI

    Thu, Feb 25 2016

    why this partiality...he was involved in terrorist act...

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  • Ravi, Kapu

    Thu, Feb 25 2016

    India is the only country where Terrorists are given special treatment.

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  • Sam, UDUPI

    Thu, Feb 25 2016

    Feku's Achche din !!!

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  • Jp, Mangalore/Dubai

    Thu, Feb 25 2016

    And probably they can also become cm, pm, president and so on !

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  • Sachidanand Shetty, Mundkur/Dubai

    Thu, Feb 25 2016

    Thank God.....now Lok Sabha will work as usual because all media people will camp out side the Munna Bhai's Bunglow in Mumbai

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  • shaan, manglore/dubai

    Thu, Feb 25 2016

    Yes,.. Govt, known how to divert serious issues one to another..

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  • gm, mlur

    Thu, Feb 25 2016

    Why single person is working in each media company?

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  • R.Bhandarkar, Mangaluru

    Thu, Feb 25 2016

    In India if you have money..you can get away with anything.
    Take this case only: If it were to be anybody else but the Star, you would not have got his address even after his death.
    Pappu Aur Sab ko..Dekhta Kanoon...
    Aam Aadmi ko...Andhaa Kanoon...
    is it not?

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  • HENRY MISQUITH, Bahrain

    Thu, Feb 25 2016

    Dear Sanju,
    Hope you will not renew your contacts with Underworld.

    Today on wards do not think of AK-56, even in your dreams.

    Producer/Director, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, has many scripts for you. 'Munnabhai Returns from Yerawada', is one among them.
    All the best.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Thu, Feb 25 2016

    Oonche Log
    Oonche Pasand
    FEKUCHAND ...

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  • Salvadore Pereira , Mangalore / Dubai

    Thu, Feb 25 2016

    Do something good for the people who are in Jail.

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  • shankar, Mangalore

    Thu, Feb 25 2016

    Rahul Gandhi might have been there with a garland in his hand to welcome this innocent man!!

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