New
Delhi
(ANI):
The
Supreme
Court
today
granted
bail
to
Bollywood
actor
Sanjay
Dutt,
who
has
been
sentenced
to
six
years
of
rigorous
imprisonment
by
a
TADA
Court
under
the
Arms
Act.
While
granting
bail
to
Dutt,
the
apex
court
said
Dutt
will
have
to
furnish
a
bond
subject
to
the
satisfaction
of
the
TADA
judge
and
his
passport
will
remain
deposited.
The
apex
court
will
now
hold
hearing
in
the
case
next
after
six
months,
implying
Dutt's
relief
will
be
of
at
least
that
period.
Dutt
is
presently
lodged
in
Pune's
Yerawada
jail
since
October
22.
Dutt
had
approached
the
apex
court
following
his
conviction
for
illegally
keeping
arms
-
an
AK
56
rifle
and
a
pistol,
relating
to
the
1993
Mumbai
blasts
case.
Dutt's
lawyer
argued
that
the
apex
court
should
grant
him
bail
on
the
ground
of
his
conduct,
and
that
he
has
never
broken
the
law
in
the
past
one
decade
since
he
was
first
granted
bail
in
connection
with
the
case.
Two
months
earlier,
Dutt
had
received
an
interim
bail
from
the
apex
court
as
he
had
not
received
a
copy
of
his
judgement.
Dutt,
surrendered
before
the
TADA
court
last
week
after
he
received
a
copy
of
the
special
court's
judgement.
He
had
spent
22
days
at
the
same
jail
in
August,
before
he
received
the
interim
bail
by
the
Supreme
Court
on
August
20.
Dutt
has
already
spent
nearly
16
months
in
prison
before
his
release
on
bail
in
1996.