New Delhi:
The Supreme Court will today hear actor
Sanjay Dutt's plea, seeking more time before he is imprisoned. The actor in his appeal has said that he wants six months from the date of judgement to complete his film shoots.
The 53-year-old actor was sentenced on March 21 to serve five years in jail for illegally owning weapons including an AK-56 in a case linked to the serial blasts. He will have to serve a little over three years of that as he has already spent 18 months in prison.
The Supreme Court in its ruling had said that Mr Dutt should be jailed by April 18. At an emotional press conference last month, the actor had said would not appeal against his sentence.
Yesterday, the Supreme Court rejected the appeals of 70-year-old Zaibunissa Kazi and two others, who too had asked for some more time before being imprisoned in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. Their petitions had said that they are too old and sick to handle a jail sentence and that their petitions for pardon are pending with the President of the country. The verdict could impact Mr Dutt's plea. (
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According to some reports, between Rs. 70 to 100 crore are tied up in Bollywood projects featuring Mr Dutt.