Does Sanjay Dutt deserve the reprieve denied to Zaibunissa?
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday gave actor Sanjay Dutt four more weeks to surrender in the 1993 Bombay blasts case. The actor, who had been asked by the court to surrender by April 18 wanted six months' extension to complete his pending projects before surrendering to undergo his prison term. He was granted four weeks on humanitarian grounds as a number of projects in Bollywood were riding on him.
However, the court on Tuesday denied the review petition of Zaibunissa Kazi and four others to extend the time to surrender. The court directed her to surrender by the given deadline of April 18. Apart from Zaibunissa, the SC rejected review pleas of Kersi Bapuji Adjania, Yusuf Khan, Ranjit Kumar Singh and Altaf Ali Sayed.
Dutt's reprieve has sparked outrage from a section of people who hold the judgment unfair to Zaibunissa. Tushar Deshmukh, who lost his mother in the 1993 Bombay blasts, expressed shock over the partial relief to Dutt and called the verdict shameful. "This is shameful. The surrender time should not be increased for Sanjay Dutt. The producers should have thought of it," said Tushar.
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Zaibunissa is a 70 year old cancer patient. She even got a harsher sentence despite her crime being much less than Sanjay's.
Edited by chocolover89 - 12 years ago
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