In pics: Sanjay Dutt's earlier trial and jail time
The 1993 Mumbai serial blast case has haunted actor Sanjay Dutt for 20 years now. The Supreme Court on Thursday (March 21, 2013) gave Sanjay Dutt a five-year sentence for illegal weapons possession in a case linked to the blasts.
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During his confession to the police, a statement he later retracted, the actor admitted that don Abu Salem visited his house in January 1993 with Samir Hingora and Hanif Kadawala, believed to be close associates of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim
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In December 2001, Dutt denied his involvement in the blasts conspiracy and refuted the CBI charge that he possessed an AK-56 rifle and destroyed it. The actor had appeared before designated TADA judge P D Kode to give his point of view on the evidence tendered by CBI.
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