Incarcerated
Bollywood
actor
Sanjay
Dutt,
who
was
granted
two
weeks'
furlough
by
the
state
prison
authorities
here
late
on
Tuesday,
has
been
released
from
Yerwada
Central
Jail
(YCJ),
officials
said
on
Wednesday.
A
Mantralaya
official,
requesting
anonymity,
had
said
earlier
that
Sanjay
will
be
released
later
in
the
day.
Sanjay,
who
is
currently
serving
a
five-year
jail
term
since
nearly
18
months,
had
applied
for
the
furlough
in
November.
Earlier,
he
had
taken
furlough
on
medical
grounds
in
October
2013
for
28
days,
followed
by
a
similar
leave
for
28
days
in
December
2013,
to
tend
to
his
ailing
wife
Manyata
--
the
latter
had
sparked
protests.
His
wife's
prolonged
illness
prompted
him
to
seek
further
parole
in
January
for
another
28
days.
Sanjay
was
convicted
for
illegal
possession
and
destruction
of
an
AK-56
army
assault
rifle
during
the
1993
Mumbai
communal
conflagration
before
the
March
12,
1993
serial
bomb
blasts
in
the
city.
Following
a
Supreme
Court
directive,
he
had
surrendered
May
16,
2013,
and
was
shifted
to
the
high-security
YCJ
in
Pune
to
serve
the
remainder
of
his
42-month
sentence.