Actor Sanjay Dutt, convicted in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, will walk out a free man from Pune's Yerwada jail on February 27 after the Devendra Fadnavis government cleared a proposal for remission of his sentence by about 18 months on ground of good conduct.
Dutt will be free after completing his sentence as per the law and his jail term has been reduced by about 18 months on account of his good behaviour and work he has done behind bars, a Home department official said today. The Bollywood star has already spent three-and-a-half years in the high-security Yerawada jail, which includes the time he spent as an undertrial before his conviction in the Arms Act case related to the Mumbai serial blasts case.
“Taking into account remissions earned by him and the three-and-a-half years of jail sentence served by him, his five-year sentence ends on February 27. Hence, he is being released as per the jail laws," the official said. The jail term also includes the remission of sentence that any convict earns every month on account of good behaviour.
