Sanjay Dutt's Wife Accompanies Him Till Gates Of Yerawada Jail
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Bollywood
actor
Sanjay
Dutt
has
returned
to
the
Yerawada
Central
Jail
in
Pune
today
after
a
month-long
furlough.
We
hear
that
his
wife
Manyata
accompanied
him
till
the
gates
of
the
prison.
The
actor
was
released
on
a
fortnight-long
medical
furlough
from
the
high-security
prison
on
October
1
where
he
is
serving
the
remainder
of
his
42-month-long
sentence.
Later,
he
sought
and
was
granted
another
fortnight's
extension
which
ends
today.
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SANJAY
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PRACTICE
A
PLAY
IN
JAIL
Accordingly,
this
year,
Dutt
will
spend
the
Diwali
festival
in
the
jail
with
other
inmates.
Since
his
release
on
parole,
there
has
been
widespread
speculation
that
he
may
be
granted
remission
of
sentence
or
a
pardon.
However,
last
Friday,
Maharashtra
Home
Minister
R.R.
Patil
sought
to
scotch
all
such
rumours
and
said
he
has
not
received
any
communication
from
the
central
government
to
this
effect.
Besides,
Patil
pointed
out
that
even
the
actor's
family
members,
have
not
made
any
such
request.
The
state
unit
of
Bharatiya
Janata
Party
has
already
expressed
its
strong
opposition
to
any
proposal
to
grant
pardon
to
the
actor
as
it
could
send
wrong
signal
in
society
and
encourage
other
convicts
to
seek
pardon.
Dutt
was
sentenced
to
five
years'
jail
for
illegal
possession
of
firearms
from
one
of
the
consignments
that
landed
ahead
of
the
March
12,
1993
serial
blasts
in
Mumbai.
Since
May
16
this
year,
he
is
serving
the
remaining
42
months
of
his
term
at
YCJ,
making
paper
bags
which
are
sold
outside
through
NGOs.