Is The D-Day for Mr. Dutt Finally Here? Yes, I Hope So.
Okay, now before you get the wrong impression – it’s not that I have some personal vendetta against actor Sanjay Dutt and so what if I get teased (a lot) as his long-distance twin. What truly bothers me here is the lengthy time-line taken by our judiciary system, to come to a decision. But then again this isn’t just a one off trail; the same “delay” continues to be smacked upon tons and tons of cases nation-wide.
Hopefully July 31st would put an end to the ever-going Sanjay Dutt Trail – either the man’s probation plea gets rejected or he is allowed to walk off with freedom for good.
Judge Kode had earlier declared that Dutt was not a terrorist but had found him guilty under the Arms Act for illegal possession of an AK-47 and other weapons. If the actor’s probation plea for suspension of sentence (on grounds of good conduct) is tossed out, then he could be sent behind bars for a maximum term of five years.
And if one takes into account Judge Kode tough stance, he has sentenced as many as 11 convicts to death; the above scenario seems to be the most likely outcome. Plus sitting behind Yakub Menon in the TADA court while he was handed with “death sentence” must have surely done some damage to Dutt’s moral.
Personally speaking, I think Sanjay Dutt’s probation plea should be rejected. Since he has been convicted under the Arms Act, he needs to be suitably punished for it. As they say – You do the Crime, You do the Time. Obviously the sentencing should take into account his 18 months already served in prison, I guess a slightly lenient term of a year sounds more appropriate.
On the other hand, if Dutt is set free, this decision may not go down well with the certain sections of the society and many others prosecuted under the 1993 blasts case.
Now whether his blue striped shirt and denim pants would help clean out the voodoo off him (and Bollywood), well only time will tell – me just praying for an end, once and for all.
Here is a wonderful BBC 4 documentary on Sanjay Dutt.
Conversely, I do feel bad for Sanjay Dutt while I am happy that the process of law took its course. However I hope that in the same vein they put Salman Khan behind bars too.
At least Sanjay did not kill (allegedly) anyone.
im a fan of the munna bhai,
and well he needs to do his time. 6 years seems apt.
its a great message to todays youth, especially those who are at the verge of deciding to have that little extra fun and power trip by acquiring a gun.
and then now that sanjay is in.. they may give it another thought. and hopefully say no to the gun…
looking back the only toys i really played with as a kid were cars and guns… and so did a lot of others.
maybe he should be put in for 2 years given 3 years bail and then put in for another 2 years so he can be made an example out of…
shaq
Salman Khan should go too. He drove over innocent people sleeping on footpath, didn’t he? Also, if I am not mistaken, he killed black buck for fun, an endangered animal.
I would agree with Arzan. Salman Khan should go too. He drove over innocent people sleeping on footpath, didn’t he? Also, if I am not mistaken, he killed black buck for fun, an endangered animal.
All in all, my heart goes to baba but just as you said, ‘if you do the crime, you gotta do the time’ but what do you think about the 6 year long sentence that he eventually got a while back?