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on 2007/7/31 3:36:17
Actor Sanjay Dutt today made an emotional plea for more time to surrender to the special court that awarded him a six-year prison term in the 1993 blasts case.
Dutt asked for permission to speak in the court and went to the witness box with folded hands. "Sir, I made a mistake 14 years ago. Please give me some time to surrender," he said.
Judge P D Kode of the special TADA court replied: "Everybody makes mistakes." He said he could not grant more time to Dutt to surrender under the law.
Dutt was convicted for the illegal possession of a 9mm pistol and an AK-56 rifle.
When Dutt's counsel Satish Maneshinde tried to point out that his client's conduct had been excellent throughout, Kode asked Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam for his opinion on this matter.
"I appreciate his conduct, but there is a legal restraint that a person sentenced to more than three years in prison cannot be granted an extension of bail," Nikam said.
Dutt also asked that he should not be surrounded by police during the adjournment, following which the court directed policemen to maintain some distance from him.
On his way out of the court, Dutt shook hands with Nikam and said, "Thank you, sir."
