In
what
could
give
nightmares
to
Bollywood
actor
Sanjay
Dutt,
the
Maharashtra
government
on
Thursday
informed
Bombay
High
Court
he
could
be
sent
back
to
jail
if
prison
rules
were
flouted
for
his
early
release
last
year.
"If
there
are
discrepancies
(in
the
remission
and
subsequent
early
release)
and
we
realise
that
rules
have
been
flouted
by
the
state
in
the
Sanjay
Dutt
case,
then
we
will
send
him
back
to
jail," Advocate-General
Ashutosh
Kumbhakoni
told
the
court.
He
also
said
the
actor
was
not
given
any
preferential
treatment
in
the
matter,
but
if
the
court
disagreed,
it
could
order
hm
to
be
"sent
back
to
jail."
The
comments
came
at
an
ongoing
hearing
in
a
public
interest
litigation
before
a
division
bench
comprising
Justice
R.
M.
Savant
and
Justice
Sadhana
Jadhav.
However,
the
judges
observed
that
they
do
not
have
any
intention
(of
sending
Dutt
back
to
prison),
but
wanted
to
reaffirm
whether
the
due
process
of
the
law
has
been
followed
or
not.
"We
do
not
want
to
set
the
clock
back
in
time,"
the
bench
said.
The
latest
development
came
during
the
hearing
of
a
PIL
filed
by
activist
Nitin
S.
Satpute
challenging
the
actor's
release
from
jail
in
February
2016,
eight
months
before
his
sentence
was
due
to
end,
on
grounds
of
good
conduct,
by
the
Yerawada
Central
Jail,
Pune.
On
July
17,
the
state
government
had
submitted
its
report
to
the
high
court
saying
the
actor
was
granted
paroles
for
his
his
good
behaviour,
discipline,
participating
in
various
institutional
activities
like
physical
training,
educational
programs
and
completing
allotted
work
on
schedule.
The
court
has
sought
to
know
the
basis
and
criteria
for
his
remission
on
good
conduct,
how
"good
conduct
and
behaviour"
are
ascertained
as
he
was
granted
repeated
paroles
and
furloughs
during
his
incarceration,
something
rarely
permitted
to
other
convicts,
and
directed
the
government
to
file
a
detailed
affidavit
on
this
within
a
fortnight.
Arrested
in
1993,
Dutt,
57,
was
convicted
in
an
arms
case
for
possession
of
an
AK-56
army
assault
rifle
which
was
part
of
a
consignment
that
was
brought
to
Mumbai
prior
to
the
March
12,
1993
Mumbai
serial
blasts.