Actor Sanjay Dutt, convicted in the 1993 Bombay blasts case, has surrendered in the special TADA court. He will now be sent to a jail to serve 42 months after being convicted in a 1993 Mumbai blasts case.
From NDTV's Rashmi Rajput: Sanjay Dutt has also been allowed a fanJudge told Sanjay Dutt: I have allowed you everything except e cigarettes. You should give up smoking. Sanjay Dutt nodded and smiled. He was in the witness box.
When Sanjay Dutt entered the court he said was heckled by the media. The judge told him to sit down and relax.
Sanjay Dutt to get home-cooked food in jail The court rejected Mr Dutt's request to be allowed to smoke electronic cigarettes in prison. He had also asked for permission to meet his family and to be allowed to move around freely in jail. The court has not yet decided on those requests.
Judge tells Sanjay Dutt that ""except cigarettes I have allowed you everything."
After one month, jail authorities will decide if home food, mattress, pillows should be continued or not.
Request for electronic cigarettes is rejected.
Court allows home food, mattress, pillows for a month. Also allows medicines for the actor.
The court is yet to decide if they will allow for these special requests made by Sanjay Dutt.
Sanjay Dutt has made certain requests to the court. He has asked for permission for home made to be delivered to him. He wants permission to smoke electronic cigarettes because he's a chain smoker. Also wants permission to meet family and lawyers often. Thin mattress and pillow for his Arteosclerosis and also medicines.
A little earlier, Sanjay Dutt had to get back in his car after the crowds refused to make any way for him to walk in to court.
After 20 minutes, Sanjay Dutt and his sister Priya Dutt and wife Manyata have finally managed to get out of the car and have entered the court premises. The completion of procedures is likely to take more than an hour
There are at least 100 cameramen and reporters present outside the court making it impossible for Mr Dutt to come out. Mahesh Bhatt, a family friend accompanying the Dutts is seen pleading with the media to back off.
Sanjay Dutt has reached the special TADA court where he will surrender now. The chaos is evident in this picture.
Sanjay Dutt is to make a brief stopover at the famous Siddhi Vinayak temple in Mumbai before he goes to court.
Sanjay Dutt will take about 40 minutes to reach the TADA court
Sanjay Dutt outside his home just before leaving for court
Sanjay Dutt, dressed in white Pathani kurta and jeans leaves for the court with his wife Manyata Dutt. He is followed by a flurry of cars.
Sanjay Dutt appears briefly outside his house in Bandra. He waves to his fans and the media present there.
Pictures from outside Sanjay Dutt's home
Media cordoned off. Quick Response Team with marksman vehicle in position outside the building.
Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra also comes to visit Sanjay Dutt. Three players from Mr Kundra's team have been arrested for alleged spot-fixing. Mr Kundra had earlier tweeted that he would visit the actor.
Security has also been beefed up at Arthur Road Central Jail where Mr Dutt is likely to be lodged after he gives himself up before the court.
A large posse of policemen has been deployed outside actor Sanjay Dutt's residence at Imperial Heights building in suburban Bandra ahead of his surrender before a designated TADA court here in the 1993 serial blasts case today.
The security has been beefed in the wake of alleged threat to Mr Dutt's life and protest by little known organization "Hindu Rashtra Sena" outside his residence yesterday demanding that the actor should not be granted any VIP treatment.
Additional police security vans have arrived at the Bandra residence of Sanjay Dutt.
Politician Kripashankar Singh of the Congress visited the actor. Also this morning, actor Kiran Kumar came to see him.
Due to the media interest in the case, and a high number of cameras present outside the home of the actor, a big green cloth has been installed across the gate. Sources say this is for privacy of the entire Dutt family that lives in the building.
Sanjay Dutt has been convicted and sentenced for illegally possessing a 9 mm pistol and an AK-56 rifle that were part of a consignment of weapons and explosives brought to India for coordinated serial blasts that killed 257 people and injured over 700 in 1993. Two men, Kersi Adajania and Yusuf Nullwala, who destroyed the AK-56 rifle, will also surrender with Mr Dutt today.
Jail time for Sanjay Dutt, to serve 42-month sentenceYesterday, Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail received an anonymous letter stating there is a threat to Sanjay Dutt's life inside the prison premises. The authorities have said they will provide adequate security to Mr Dutt.
Mr Dutt, 53, will undergo medical test at the Arthur Road Jail and after that, he is likely to be shifted to the Yerwada Jail in Pune.
Sanjay Dutt has time till 4 pm today to surrender before the special TADA court. The court will then send the actor to a local jail, in this case the Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai.