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Lage Raho Munabai fame Bollywood actor, son of late MP Sunil Duth ("Mera Gaum
Mera Desh" fame
and late Nargis ("Mother India" Fame) Mr. Sunil Dutt sentenced to 6 yrs in
prison by the TADA
court for the crime/offence that took place 14 years ago.
What you feel about this?
Did he deserve this punishment? Why?
Your feedback welcome.
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Read more:
Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt sentenced to 6 years in prison
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By AP
Tuesday July 31, 02:26 PM
Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison for
illegally
possessing guns that he received from key plotters behind the 1993 bombings in
Mumbai.
The well-known actor has already served 18 months in jail following his arrest,
and it appears
he will have to serve another 4 1/2 years behind bars _ a sentence that is
surely to leave
Bollywood scrambling to fill roles he was slated to star in.
"It is a body blow to the film industry," said Bollywood director Mahesh Bhatt,
who directed
Dutt in the 1986 hit movie "Namm," or "Name."
There had been speculation that Dutt would get probation, but Judge Pramod Kode
said that
though he wasn't sure Dutt possessed the guns with the intention of committing
a terrorist
act, merely having them "shows scant respect to the law."
"In no sense can this be said to be a minor offense," said Kode.
Dutt, who had been out on bail for the past 12 years while the trial dragged
on, looked down
and listened with his hands clasped behind his back as Kode read the sentence.
Within minutes he had been taken into custody.
His lawyer, meanwhile, motioned for a stay so he could appeal the sentence to
the supreme
court.
Dutt was convicted last November on a charge of illegal possessing three
automatic rifles and
a pistol, but acquitted of more serious terrorism charges relating to the
bombings.
A well-known action hero who found a comic niche over the past five years,
Dutt's case was
closely tracked in this movie-mad nation.
A dozen people have been sentenced to death in the bombing trial, while 20
others face life
sentences. More than 50 other people found guilty will serve between three and
14 years in
jail.
On Tuesday, three others were sentenced to probation or prison terms ranging
from 2 to 5 years
on charges related to Dutt's weapons
The Mumbai bombings trial began on June 6, 1995, and has dragged on for 12
years due to delays
on procedural matters and the trial's scope _ 686 witnesses gave testimony
filling 13,000
pages.
Dutt was able to complete pending movie projects during bail extensions over
the past year and
only recently finished filming comedies like "Dhamaal" or "Loud Noise," and
"Phatafat" or
"Pronto."
The industry film could lose about 500 million rupees (US$12 million, €10
million) for
two unfinished Dutt films, "Alibag" and "Fraud," estimated Komal Nata, who runs
Film
Information, a trade guide.
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