Mumbai, May 17 – A visibly shaken Dutt, sporting a red ‘tikka’ on his forehead, entered the court at 2.50 pm with his family members. He was wearing a white crisp ‘kurta’ and blue jeans.
The actor bowed down before the judge who asked him to mention his name, to which he replied “Sanjay Sunil Dutt”. He was then asked about the sentence undergone by him (after his arrest in 1993) and he replied promptly “551 days in jail, Sir”.
The judge then asked him to go to the dock in the back row of the Court and take his seat. Manyata, Priya and Roncon followed Dutt and sat with him on the same bench. Manyata held Dutt’s hand and both seemed to console each other.
Dutt’s lawyer also urged the court to allow the visits of the family members on a regular basis. He also requested that the actor may not be given harsh jobs in the prison.
Advocate Merchant later said the actor was planning to file a curative petition in the Supreme Court.
Earlier, Dutt’s Bollywood friends visited him at his residence. These included actors Salman Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Ajay Devgun; directors David Dhavan, Sanjay Gupta and Apporva Lakhia, Rajkumar Hirani and Milan Luthria and film makers Vashu Bhagnani, Bhushan Kumar and Rahul Agarwal.
