Sanjay Dutt: Bollywood Actor Sent Back to Jail for 1993 Mumbai Blasts: The actor was freed on bail in 2007, when he called on his original sentence of six years. On Thursday, the Supreme Court reduced to five years.
Dutt was convicted in 2006 of buying weapons from bombers who attacked Mumbai. He spent 20 months in prison.
The explosions killed 257 people in a series and 713 others wounded.
In 2006, a special anti-terrorism court convicted 100 people for bombings - 12 prisoners received the death penalty and 20 others were sentenced to life imprisonment.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court also upheld the death sentence for Yakub Memon, the main line, while the death sentences of 10 people have been lifted. Mohammed Iqbal, who also gave the death penalty, died in prison.
Dutt, one of the most profitable stars of Bollywood, is very popular for her role as a gangster in the film Munnabhai adorable.
He also dabbled in politics. The judge ordered the actor to go to four weeks.
"Strong Man"
"He will have to serve a sentence of three and a half years. Prepare it for us is the same," Reuters Maneshinde Dutt's lawyer Satish quoted after the verdict of the Supreme Court.
"We will wait to get a copy of the judgment, and then decide how to proceed," he said. "This is a strong man and fight."
"Whatever the verdict, I respect it. I want everyone to pray for me. Allah is great", channel NDTV quoted the actor after the court decision.
Dutt, the most famous among the convicts, was charged with five offenses, including conspiracy and illegal possession of weapons.
The trial court found him guilty of illegal possession of a rifle and a pistol, but he was found guilty of conspiracy.
Son of the father of Hindu and Muslim mother, Dutt said that the weapons were necessary for the protection of his family during the riots between Hindus and Muslims in 1993, which followed the destruction of the Babri mosque by Hindu fanatics in the northern town of Ayodhya.
Mumbai blasts allegedly carried out mainly by Muslims of the criminal world in response to the riots, in which most of the victims were Muslims.
A man who is suspected of conspiracy, the leader of the underworld Dawood Ibrahim was captured.
India claims that he and another key suspect, Tiger Memon, hiding in Pakistan - Pakistan has denied a single charge.
1993 BLASTS TIMELINE
- 12 March 1993: 12 blasts in Mumbai; places hit include Stock Exchange, Air-India building, hotels and markets - dead: 257; injured: 713
- 19 April 1993: Actor Sanjay Dutt arrested, spends 18 months in jail before being bailed
- 4 November 1993: Charges filed
- 19 April 1995: Trial begins in a special anti-terror court
- September 2006: Court begins pronouncing orders
- November 2006: Dutt convicted and sentenced
- 7 August 2007: Dutt appeals in Supreme Court
- 1 November 2011: Supreme Court begins hearing appeals
- 21 March 2013: Supreme Court delivers order
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