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Actor Sanjay Dutt, who has been sentenced to five years in jail for illegal possession of weapons in a case linked to the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts, on Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking more time to surrender.
According to television reports, his case will be heard on Tuesday. Dutt has to surrender on or before April 18.
In March, Dutt said he will surrender before the authorities as per the Supreme Court's direction and added that he would not be seeking a pardon.
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'I want to thank everyone'
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"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.
"I have a lot of work to finish. I 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.
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Sanjay Dutt moves SC
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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 the remainder of his three-and-a-half year 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 after the apex court reduced to five years the six-year jail term awarded to him by a designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities court in 2007. He has already spent 18 months behind bars.
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Sanjay Dutt moves SC
On March 12, 1993, 257 people were killed and 713 others injured when a series of coordinated explosions shattered the metropolis.
The blasts occurred at 12 places, including the Bombay Stock Exchange building, the Air-India Building at Nariman Point, at Worli opposite Century Bazaar, hotels Sea Rock and Juhu Centaur.
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