Divisional Commissioner Prabhakar Deshmukh however justifies the parole order saying: "The application was recommended by an ACP from Mumbai police and the Yerawada jail superintendent. Considering these recommendations, I have approved Sanjay Dutt's parole for 30 days. The reasons for seeking leave include his wife's illness."
DIG Prisons Rajendra Dhamane said, "an inmate is entitled to a parole even on th next day of returning from furlough".
Sanjay Dutt had been granted furlough during Dussehra from Yerawada jail.
Sanjay Dutt is serving the remaining 42 months of his five-year sentence after he was convicted of illegally possession firearms in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case.
