Dutt gets out of jail
2007-11-29 12:59
Mumbai - Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt walked out of a prison in western India on Thursday after being granted bail on a six-year sentence for possessing illegal weapons, witnesses said.
Hundreds of fans gathered outside the Pune city jail caught a glimpse of the tough-guy actor - wearing a loose white shirt and blue jeans - as he was escorted by a guard out of the main gate.
Dutt got into a waiting car and was expected to board a chartered flight to his home city of Mumbai, some 160km to the north.
India's Supreme Court granted him bail on Tuesday against a surety deposit and the surrender of his passport.
Dutt was sentenced in July for possessing weapons bought from the plotters of the 1993 Mumbai bombings, which killed 257 people and wounded 800.
The superstar admitted to buying a Kalashnikov assault rifle but insisted he only did so to protect his family from sectarian violence.
The son of a politically prominent Hindu father and a Muslim mother who was an actress, Dutt's turbulent off-screen life has also been wracked by drug abuse and two failed marriages.