Mumbai: Munnabhai of Bollywood Sanjay Dutt is undergoing a jail term of five years in the Arms Act case related to the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts. He is the son of Bollywood megastars Sunil Dutt and Nargis Dutt. Sanjay Dutt will have to spend three and a half years in jail, as he has already spent 18 months in jail. Let's have a look at some rare pics of Sanjay Dutt when he faced the full brunt of law: ---Sanjay Dutt with sister Priya Dutt. Sanjay Dutt during the press conference.He was arrested for the first time on 19 April, 1993 for illegal possession of arms under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act (TADA). The Bollywood actor spent 1 year 6 months in prison. He was granted bail in October 1995 by Supreme Court. On March 12, 1993, Mumbai was rocked by 12 bomb blasts between 1:33 pm to 3:40 pm which killed around 257 people and injured another 713. Sanjay Dutt's sister Congress MP Priya Dutt Roncon was present inside the Supreme Court today, as the verdict was being read out. In January 2009, Dutt announced that he would contest the 2009 Lok Sabha elections on the Samajwadi Party ticket. However, he withdrew his candidacy in March 2009 after the Supreme Court refused to suspend his conviction, the party instead named him the General Secretary of the party. In 2006 a news channel named him Indian of the Year.In 2007 he received an award from the prime minister Manmohan Singh for his work in Munnabhai series. He got best actors awards for films like Vaastav: The Reality and Munnabhai M.B.B.S. Sanjay Dutt has been married thrice. First with Richa Sharma, second with Rhea Pilla but got divorced both the time. Bollywood actors were upset and shocked after actor Sanjay Dutt was sentenced to five years of jail in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. Sanjay dutt in jail. Sanjay Dutt with shatrughan sinha. Sanjay Dutt seeking divine intervention at Siddhivinayak Temple, Mumbai.Sanjay dutt with his motherSanjay dutt with his motherSanjay dutt with his mother.
Updated on: July 29, 2013 6:16 IST
