Sanjay Dutt feels suffocated in ‘anda’ cell, pleads to be shifted
18 May 2013 6:57 AM IST
Lodged in an egg-shaped high-security ‘anda’ cell, actor Sanjay Dutt is feeling ‘suffocated’ in its confines, which are generally used to house terror suspects and hardcore criminals, and pleaded a Tada court on Friday to shift him to another cell as he is not a terrorist.
Rizwan Merchant, counsel for Dutt, made an oral plea before the court here to shift the filmstar from ‘anda’ cell in Arthur Road Central Prison to some other cell, saying ‘the actor felt suffocated in this chamber due to insufficient ventilation.’
He said generally terrorists or hardcore criminals are kept in ‘anda’ cell to segregate them from other prisoners for security reasons.
Dutt has not been convicted under Tada and was not a terrorist. He was convicted under Arms Act and as such he should not be lodged in the egg-shaped cell, Rizwan pleaded.
The lawyer maintained that the cell has insufficient ventilation and does not get proper light.
Designated judge GA Sanap asked him to move a written application in this regard so that he would pass an order after hearing the prosecution. Merchant said he would file an application later.
ACTOR APPEARED RESTLESS, READ RELIGIOUS BOOKS IN JAIL: OFFICIAL
Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt spent his first night after returning to prison reading spiritual books even as Maharashtra government authorities are yet to decide on keeping him at Arthur Road Central Jail here or shifting him elsewhere.
The 53-year-old filmstar surrendered before TADA court on Thursday and was later shifted to the high-security jail in central Mumbai. He has to serve 42 more months in jail after his conviction in the 1993 bomb blast case was upheld by the Supreme Court which, however, reduced his sentence by one year (to five from six) in March.
Rizwan Merchant, counsel for Dutt, made an oral plea before the court here to shift the filmstar from ‘anda’ cell in Arthur Road Central Prison to some other cell, saying ‘the actor felt suffocated in this chamber due to insufficient ventilation.’
He said generally terrorists or hardcore criminals are kept in ‘anda’ cell to segregate them from other prisoners for security reasons.
Dutt has not been convicted under Tada and was not a terrorist. He was convicted under Arms Act and as such he should not be lodged in the egg-shaped cell, Rizwan pleaded.
The lawyer maintained that the cell has insufficient ventilation and does not get proper light.
Designated judge GA Sanap asked him to move a written application in this regard so that he would pass an order after hearing the prosecution. Merchant said he would file an application later.
ACTOR APPEARED RESTLESS, READ RELIGIOUS BOOKS IN JAIL: OFFICIAL
Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt spent his first night after returning to prison reading spiritual books even as Maharashtra government authorities are yet to decide on keeping him at Arthur Road Central Jail here or shifting him elsewhere.
The 53-year-old filmstar surrendered before TADA court on Thursday and was later shifted to the high-security jail in central Mumbai. He has to serve 42 more months in jail after his conviction in the 1993 bomb blast case was upheld by the Supreme Court which, however, reduced his sentence by one year (to five from six) in March.
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