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Sanjay Dutt recently recalled his jail days in Shekhar Suman’s show Shekhar Tonight and told that during his arrest, he was handcuffed in front of his father Sunil Dutt. At that time his father had tears in his eyes.
Sanjay Dutt was arrested in 1993. He was sentenced to jail for illegal possession of weapons. He was later acquitted of terrorism charges, but convicted under the Arms Act and jailed several times.
Sanjay Dutt told in Shekhar Suman’s talk show that the jail authorities had tried to break him mentally. Shekhar Suman told the audience, ‘Sanjay Dutt was kept in the ‘egg cell’, yet he maintained his mental balance.’ After this he asked Sanjay, ‘Did you ever think of sacrificing your life in such situations?’
Sanjay Dutt replied, ‘Never.’ After this he asked Sanjay, ‘Which was the moment when you felt yourself the weakest?’ Sanjay said, ‘I knew that my father and family had faced very difficult situations. But I never felt weak.
He further said, ‘When the police came for the first time and handcuffed me, my father was shocked. There were tears in his eyes. He said, “What are you doing to my son?”’
Sanjay said, ‘I hugged him tightly and said, “Why are you bothering with these handcuffs? Don’t do this. It’s just a process, please don’t worry.”, when in reality, it was breaking me inside. But I had to stay strong for them.
Sanjay Dutt said that despite stardom and facilities, he never considered himself better than others.
He said, ‘See, even in all these years I have never felt proud of my stardom. There is no such thing in me.
When I couldn’t find cigarettes, I asked for beedis.
According to Sanjay Dutt, the jail authorities felt that taking away his celebrity luxuries would break him.
Sanjay told that the officers made fun of him. One of them came up to him and said, ‘You won’t get cigarettes here.’ Now what will you do now?’ The actor said, “Sir, beedis will be available here.”
Know the complete details of Sanjay Dutt case-
On March 12, 1993, serial bomb blasts took place in Mumbai. 257 people were killed and 713 people were injured in these blasts at different places. The investigation revealed a network involved in smuggling of arms and explosives. During this investigation, the name of actor Sanjay Dutt came up. He was made accused number 117 in this case.
According to Supreme Court records, on January 16, 1993, three AK-56 rifles, 250 rounds of bullets and some hand grenades were brought to his house. Later two of these rifles and some ammunition were taken from there. During investigation, AK-56 rifle and 9mm pistol were recovered from Sanjay’s house.
Sanjay Dutt was shooting a film in Mauritius at the time of the blasts on March 12. About a month later, on 19 April 1993, Sanjay Dutt returned to Mumbai. Mumbai Crime Branch detained him at the airport and then arrested him. He was accused of illegal possession.
After his arrest, Sanjay Dutt had admitted to the police about possessing weapons. According to records, on April 28, 1993, he gave a statement to the police, which he later withdrew. On 5 May 1993, the Bombay High Court granted him interim bail.
In July 1994, the trial court canceled his bail and he was re-arrested on 4 July 1994. After this he spent about 16 months in jail.
In October 1995, the Supreme Court granted him bail. By that time he had been in jail for about 18 months.
After a hearing that lasted for about 13 years, in November 2006, the TADA court convicted Sanjay Dutt under the Arms Act. But he was acquitted of terrorist conspiracy charges under TADA. That is, the court did not believe that he was part of the conspiracy of the 1993 Mumbai blasts. In 2007 he was sentenced to 6 years in prison.
On March 21, 2013, the Supreme Court upheld his Arms Act conviction, but reduced the sentence from 6 years to 5 years. Since Sanjay Dutt had already spent almost 18 months in jail, he had to spend the remaining period in jail.
After this he surrendered on 16 May 2013 and was sent to Yerwada Jail, Pune. He was released in February 2016, a few months before the completion of his sentence, on grounds of good behavior etc.
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