Excited fans fervently hung around Yeravada Jail, Pune and Imperial Heights, Bandra, Mumbai for three days waiting for even a tiny glimpse of actor Sanjay Dutt, ever since the Supreme Court granted the actor interim bail on Monday.
But when Dutt walked out -- unshaven, quietly smiling -- in the early hours of Thursday most of those fans missed him.
When he was released co-accused Yusuf Nulwala (second from right) was with him. The two were sentenced by Mumbai's TADA court judge P D Kode on July 13.
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