Actor Sanjay Dutt out of Yerawada jail on parole

Actor Sanjay Dutt was released from Pune's Yerawada Central Jail on Saturday, two weeks after he was granted parole for 30 days to take care of his ailing wife Manyata.

Dutt is serving the remaining part of his five-year imprisonment for conviction of an offence under the Arms Act, in relation to the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts.

The Pune divisional commissioner Prabhakar Deshmukh had granted the parole on December 6. The decision caused a controversy as Dutt had availed 15 days furlough on October 1, which was extended by another 15 days. Dutt had returned to jail on October 30.

Dutt took 15 days to execute the sureties which were required as a matter of condition for his release. State home minister RR Patil and other higher-ups in the home department were at the receiving end of a flurry of questions regarding the grant of parole. However, the questions were put to rest when the doctors attending to Dutt's wife made a public statement about the status of her ailment.

Yerawada jail superintendent Yogesh Desai told TOI on Saturday that Dutt's brother-in-law and actor Kumar Gaurav executed the surety on behalf of Dutt. "The actor was released on completion of legal formalities at around 10.15am," Desai said.

"Dutt's parole period commences from December 22 considering that the time taken for travel to his residence is excluded as per the parole norms," he added. Jail officials said that soon after completing the legal formalities Dutt left for Mumbai along with his relatives.

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1993 bomb blasts case: Sanjay Dutt granted 30 day parole

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt has been granted parole by the Pune police in the 1993 bomb blasts case. Pune Divisional Commissioner Prabhakar Deshmush said that the actor was granted parole on grounds of his wife's illness.

"He has been granted one-month parole on the recommendation made by the prison officials. The date of his release on parole will be decided by them after completing the formalities," said Deshmukh.

The parole was granted after the Assistant Commissioner of Police Mumbai recommendied granting parole to the actor.


Dutt has to report to Khar police station for two days in a week during his parole.

Deputy Inspector General of Prisons R Dhamne, however, said the jail authorities were yet to receive the order of parole sanction from the office of the Divisional Commissioner.

Dutt could be released tomorrow if the order was received with completion of subsequent formalities, prison sources said.

However, the 30 day Parole is conditional. Dutt has to report to Khar police station for two days in a week during his parole.

Earlier, the actor had availed of 15 days leave of furlough, extending it further by another fortnight in October on medical grounds.

In its March 21 verdict, the Supreme Court had reduced Dutt's jail term from six years to five. The actor had earlier served a prison term of 18 months.

On May 10, the Supreme Court had dismissed Dutt's plea seeking review of its judgement on his conviction and the five-year jail sentence.

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