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| Supreme Court grants bail to Sanjay Dutt | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Nov 27
The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Sanjay Dutt in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.
The apex court said Dutt will have to furnish a bond subject to the satisfaction of the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act judge and that his passport will remain deposited.
The court said bail would not be granted to those sentenced to life imprisonment. The appeal and bail plea of those convicts who have not surrendered will not be considered.
The apex court also granted bail to 17 of the 25 convicts who approached it.
The court adopted a common parameter in granting bail to those convicts who have already undergone half the period of sentence awarded by the trial court.
However, it granted bail to Somnath Thapa, the custom officer sentenced to life term, on medical ground as he is suffering from cancer. Dutt is presently lodged in the Yerawada jail in Pune. He was earlier granted interim bail on August 20 by the SC, but had to surrender after getting a copy of the TADA judgement.
Along with Dutt's petition the court also took up bail pleas of 9 others who have been convicted under TADA in the blasts case.
Some important petitions among these include that of Samir Hingora, Rubina Suleman Memon and Yusuf Khan.
All those granted bail, will have to report before the Special Task Force of the CBI, Mumbai once in a month, the court said. |
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