Okay, now before you get the wrong impression – it’s not that I have some personal vendetta against actor Sanjay Dutt and so what if I get teased (a lot) as his long-distance twin. What truly bothers me here is the lengthy time-line taken by our judiciary system, to come to a decision. But then again this isn’t just a one off trail; the same “delay†continues to be smacked upon tons and tons of cases nation-wide.
Hopefully July 31st would put an end to the ever-going Sanjay Dutt Trail – either the man’s probation plea gets rejected or he is allowed to walk off with freedom for good.
Judge Kode had earlier declared that Dutt was not a terrorist but had found him guilty under the Arms Act for illegal possession of an AK-47 and other weapons. If the actor’s probation plea for suspension of sentence (on grounds of good conduct) is tossed out, then he could be sent behind bars for a maximum term of five years.
And if one takes into account Judge Kode tough stance, he has sentenced as many as 11 convicts to death; the above scenario seems to be the most likely outcome. Plus sitting behind Yakub Menon in the TADA court while he was handed with “death sentence†must have surely done some damage to Dutt’s moral.
Personally speaking, I think Sanjay Dutt’s probation plea should be rejected. Since he has been convicted under the Arms Act, he needs to be suitably punished for it. As they say – You do the Crime, You do the Time. Obviously the sentencing should take into account his 18 months already served in prison, I guess a slightly lenient term of a year sounds more appropriate.
On the other hand, if Dutt is set free, this decision may not go down well with the certain sections of the society and many others prosecuted under the 1993 blasts case.
Now whether his blue striped shirt and denim pants would help clean out the voodoo off him (and Bollywood), well only time will tell – me just praying for an end, once and for all.
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Tarun Verma
Jul 28th, 2007 at 7:31 am | #
Well this is a pretty controversial topic according to me..
(1) If he is allowed to go free, as you mentioned many sections of the society would oppose it and they would think that others convicted in the same case must also be spared like him.
(2) If he is found guilty, and ordered imprisonment many of his fans would be disappointed and might oppose saying that he is a good man now and should be spared owing to his ‘good conduct’.
We probably would have to just wait and watch..
Jayan
Jul 30th, 2007 at 8:25 am | #
Sanjay Dutt is a criminal and should be behind bars. Everyone knows his family has paid huge sums of money within the system to keep him out for so many years. Its time they pay for their deeds.
Gaurav
Jul 30th, 2007 at 9:15 am | #
Come on the guy has been through enough. He has been to the prison, his wife left him….give him a break.
shadows
Jul 30th, 2007 at 11:03 am | #
And his father was an MP, his sister is an MP.. .. and she proudly mentions that she works to protect slums … (slums = illegally grabbed land, not taxed at all, hotbeds of underworld activity)..
>>> his wife left him…
Haaha… thats one good thing that happened to him