New Delhi, Apr 16 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing on Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt's plea seeking more time to surrender to undergo remaining jail term for illegal possession of weapons in a case linked to the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts
The apex court will hear Dutt's plea tomorrow.
Dutt, who has been sentenced to five years in jail in connection with the case, on Monday moved apex court seeking more time to surrender. Dutt has to surrender on or before April 18.
Dutt last month said he will surrender before the authorities as per the Supreme Court"s direction, and added that he would not be seeking a pardon.
" I will surrender within the timeframe set by the Supreme Court. I have the highest respect for the SC and will abide by the law," said an emotional Dutt while briefing media here.
"I have a lot of work to finish. Just want to spend this time with my family and finish my work," he said.
"I want to thank everyone who supported me. I love my country. I love India," he added.
The apex court, which had upheld the death sentence of Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, a key conspirator with Dawood Ibrahim in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, ordered that Dutt return to jail to serve three-and-a-half years sentence for possessing illegal arms.
Dutt, who is out on bail, will also have to surrender within four weeks to serve a jail term of 42 months as the apex court reduced to five years the six year jail term awarded to him by a designated TADA court in 2007 and he had already spent 18 months behind the bar.
A total of 257 persons were killed and 713 others injured when a series 13 coordinated explosions shattered the metropolis on March 12, 1993.
The blasts occurred at 12 places, including Bombay Stock Exchange building, Air-India Building at Nariman Point, at Worli opposite Century Bazaar, Hotels Sea Rock and Juhu Centaur. (ANI)
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