1993 Bombay Blasts: Sanjay Dutt seeks more time to surrender
Even
though , Bollywood actor and a convict under arms act, Sanjay Dutt
earlier said that he wouldn't file mercy petition , he changed his
stand. Now he moved to the Supreme Court seeking more time to surrender.
arguing that his punishment should be kept in abeyance until the
Maharashtra governor or the President of India decides on pardon.
Dutt has
argued that he was a young man in 1993 and has done a lot of social work
since then and so leniency should be shown towards him. The Supreme
Court had on March 21, 2013, upheld Dutt's conviction in the 1993 Bombay blasts case but his jail sentence was reduced from six to five years.
He along with other convicts were given four weeks (April 18) to
surrender.
(AW-Jyotishman)
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