New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday gave actor Sanjay Dutt four more weeks to surrender following his conviction under the Arms Act in the 1993 Mumbai bombings case.
Holding that it was not inclined to grant six months’ time as sought by Dutt to complete his pending film projects, the apex court bench of Justice P Sathasivam and Justice B S Chauhan gave him four weeks to surrender, saying no further extension will be given.
The four weeks’ time, the court said, will start from April 18. At the outset of the hearing, the court told senior lawyer Harish Salve: “You can’t say that your client (Dutt) was unaware of his conviction and pending appeal before the Supreme Court.”
The court said that “not only yourself (Salve), all those who invested Rs2.78bn in Dutt’s film projects, were they not aware that a judgment is reserved in the appeal by the Bollywood actor?”.
IANS
