Sanjay Dutt’s 1993 Bombay blasts case to be upheld?

Sanjay Dutt has suffered a setback today after the Central Bureau of Investigation told the Supreme Court to uphold the star’s conviction in the 1993 Bombay blasts case and his sentence of six years in jail awarded by the Bombay High Court.

The apex court had on 1st November 2011 commenced final hearing on the appeals filed by convicts as well as the CBI in the case in which 12 persons were awarded death penalty and 78 others sentenced to varying terms ranging from three years to life imprisonment.

Dutt’s lawyer, however, insisted that the 16-inch rifle spring, which was later shown as a recovery, was planted on the actor by the investigating agency.

“The seizure memo mentioned an 18-inch spring. But when it was produced in the court, it became 16 inches. This was done because an 18-inch spring isn’t used in an AK-56,” he said.

A special TADA court in Mumbai had in November 2006 acquitted Dutt of TADA charges but held him guilty under the Arms Act for the illegal possession of a 9-mm pistol and an AK 56 rifle. He was sentenced to six years imprisonment.

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