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Dutt only foolish, not a terrorist: Counsel
Thursday March 21, 2013 06:41:27 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai: After the
Supreme Court upheld Sanjay Dutt's conviction under the Arms Act
in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case and sent him to five years in jail,
his counsel Majid Memon Thursday said the Bollywood actor was
"foolish" for illegally possessing weapons.
Dutt has been told to surrender in four weeks.
"Dutt was young and foolish back then for illegally possessing
weapons. He is neither a traitor nor a terrorist. It is
unfortunate that he has been branded a criminal for what can only
be defined as foolishness," Memon told IANS.
Memon said that even if Dutt pretended to be strong and showed
courage, he surely was a broken man from within.
"He has already undergone a traumatic 20 years, which in itself is
a big punishment for illegally possessing weapons," Memon said.
"Today, Dutt is a much different a person from what he used to be
in the 1990s. He has also suffered a lot on account of his foolish
act. He has been under the cloud of accusations because of the
snail's pace of our litigation system," he added.
Memon said Dutt's team of counsel would carefully examine the apex
court judgment, examine every word and explore possibilities of a
review petition to get out of the situation.
"But in my view, the window is very narrow and hopes do not seem
to be very high. The entire film industry has plunged into gloom
the moment the news spread like wildfire," he said.
The actor, who was convicted under the Arms Act, was awarded six
years' imprisonment by a Terrorists and Disruptive Activities
(Prevention) Act court in 2007.
However, the apex court reduced the sentence to five years. This
means Dutt will be in jail for three years and six months since he
has already undergone 18 months' imprisonment.
The apex court upheld the death sentence of Yakub Abdul Razak
Memon in the case and commuted the death sentence of 10 others.
The 13 serial bomb blasts that rocked Mumbai March 12, 1993,
claimed 257 lives.
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