No special remission for Sanjay Dutt, says Home Department

Maha govt is gearing up to defend itself in Bombay High Court for its action of releasing actor Sanjay Dutt early in the 1993 bomb blast case. According to an official from the Home State Department, Sanjay Dutt's release is exactly as per the rules and jail manual, just like a common prisoner, not a single day of special remission has been awarded to him. "He has been treated as an ordinary prisoner all along," an official told on condition of anonymity. 

On June 12, the Bombay High Court asked the state government some searching questions and sought justification for its decision to grant the actor early release from prison. The court has directed the state government to file an affidavit, stating what parameters were considered and the procedures followed while deciding that Dutt deserved leniency. 

 The official said state government is ready to defend its stand in the Court. "The prison department has already submitted the affidavit on the actor's release and the rest of the details will be provided by us."

Dutt became a free man on February 2016, and was let out of the jail eight months earlier on account of his good conduct in Pune's Yerwada Jail. And now back to work, the 57 year old is busy with two films, Malang and Bhoomi.