Sanjay Dutt to be released from Jail
Dutt is slated to walk out of Yerawada prison on Thursday after getting remission (reduction) of sentence, 103 days ahead of his full prison term. A day ahead of actor Sanjay Dutt’s release from Yerawada jail in Pune, a social worker has yet again moved the Bombay High Court stating his release was reflective of the inequality in the treatment of prisoners. The PIL also states that the actor has been given preferential treatment throughout his term in prison. Pradeep Bhalekar, chairperson of Samajik Karyakarta Saurakhan Samiti, filed a public interest litigation (PIL) on Wednesday pointing out there are 27,740 others prisoners in the state who deserve to be released on the same grounds as Dutt. The petition also states that the actor, who has spent 42 months behind bars, has already benefitted a lot because of furlough and parole. Mr Bhalekar had also written a similar letter to the acting chief justice V K Tahilaramani on January 7, 2016, a day after ...