CBI wants Dutt in jail for 4 years
24 Aug 2012 8:05 AM IST
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to uphold the cine star Sanjay Dutt's conviction in arms case by a TADA court in connection with the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, for which he was given six years of imprisonment.
However, in a relief to the film star, the CBI did not challenge TADA court order that acquitted him of terror charges and did not press for more stringent charges to be invoked against him before a bench of Justice P Sathasivam and Justice B S Chauhan.
Earlier, when the Supreme Court had asked Dutt about the extent of his acquaintance with the underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, his lawyer had told the court that Dutt had only attended a dinner in Dubai hosted by Dawood before the Mumbai terror attack.
On 1 November 2011, the Supreme Court had started final hearing on the appeals filed by convicts as well as the CBI in the case, in which 12 persons were awarded death penalty and 78 others sentenced to varying terms ranging from three years to life imprisonment.
A special TADA court in Mumbai had acquitted Dutt of TADA charges in November 2006 but held him guilty under the Arms Act for the illegal possession of a 9-mm pistol and an AK-56 rifle. He was granted bail in 2007.
However, in a relief to the film star, the CBI did not challenge TADA court order that acquitted him of terror charges and did not press for more stringent charges to be invoked against him before a bench of Justice P Sathasivam and Justice B S Chauhan.
Earlier, when the Supreme Court had asked Dutt about the extent of his acquaintance with the underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, his lawyer had told the court that Dutt had only attended a dinner in Dubai hosted by Dawood before the Mumbai terror attack.
On 1 November 2011, the Supreme Court had started final hearing on the appeals filed by convicts as well as the CBI in the case, in which 12 persons were awarded death penalty and 78 others sentenced to varying terms ranging from three years to life imprisonment.
A special TADA court in Mumbai had acquitted Dutt of TADA charges in November 2006 but held him guilty under the Arms Act for the illegal possession of a 9-mm pistol and an AK-56 rifle. He was granted bail in 2007.
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