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Sanjay Dutt To Be Released From Yerwada Jail On 25 February

Sanjay Dutt To Be Released From Yerwada Jail On 25 February
MUMBAI, INDIA - JANUARY 8: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt with wife Manyata and kids before leaving for Yerawada Jail to serve the remainder of his term after 14-day-long furlough ended on January 8, 2015 in Mumbai, India. Dutt was convicted for illegal possession and destruction of an AK-56 army assault rifle during the 1993 Mumbai communal conflagration before the March 12, 1993 serial bomb blasts in the city. (Photo by Vijayanand Gupta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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MUMBAI, INDIA - JANUARY 8: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt with wife Manyata and kids before leaving for Yerawada Jail to serve the remainder of his term after 14-day-long furlough ended on January 8, 2015 in Mumbai, India. Dutt was convicted for illegal possession and destruction of an AK-56 army assault rifle during the 1993 Mumbai communal conflagration before the March 12, 1993 serial bomb blasts in the city. (Photo by Vijayanand Gupta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

MUMBAI -- Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, serving five-year sentence at the Yerwada central prison in Pune for illegal possession and destruction of an AK-56 rifle in 1993 serial blasts case, will be released on February 25.

The actor will be released on February 25, 103 days ahead of the official end of his prison term on grounds of 'good conduct', a senior official said here today.

Dutt, who was convicted in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case for possessing illegal weapons and sentenced to five years in jail, had already served 18 months before the verdict was pronounced.

The actor is serving 42 months of his remaining jail term, after the Supreme Court upheld his conviction in 2013.

After being granted a 14-day furlough in December 2014, he was expected to report back to jail on January 7 but sought an extension of furlough from jail authorities. The jail authorities, however, informed Dutt about it being rejected only on January 9.

Dutt was given a clean chit for this delay, after an inquiry into the matter. The Home department had served a memo to two officials from the Yerwada central prison for the delay in making a decision.

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