A court in India today Thursday March 21, 2013
sentenced Bollywood top actor and host of India's version of the Big Brother
reality-television franchise, Sanjay Dutt, to five years in jail for the
illegal possession of firearms in a case connected to a series of bomb blasts
that ripped through Mumbai and were one of the deadliest terror attacks in the
country.
Mr. Dutt was sentenced to six years in prison in
2007 for illegal possession of weapons that were supplied to him by men
subsequently convicted in the bombing. That court cleared Mr. Dutt of
involvement with the bombing plot. He has denied involvement with the attacks
and said he asked for the guns to protect his family.
He appealed the decision at the Supreme Court and
was let out on bail in 2007. He has remained at liberty since then until today.
The court reduced his sentence to five years but said the circumstances and
nature of offense was so serious that Mr. Dutt cannot be released on probation.
Mr. Dutt, 53 years old, already has spent a cumulative 18 months in jail on
related charges.
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