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| Sanjay Dutt may have managed to shave off between 10 to 12 months of his five year prison sentence. Pic – YouTube grab |
December 8, 2015, NewsCrunch
Sanjay Dutt will reportedly walk out of jail in March 2016, well before his sentence runs its full course.
After getting convicted for the possession of an AK-47 before the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, Sanjay Dutt is currently serving a sentence of five years at Pune’s Yerawada jail.
He has spent time in jail in multiple stints after 1993, enjoyed multiple paroles and furloughs, and has now become eligible for an early release.
So, how much time has he spent in jail in all? Here is the complex math.
In March 2013, the Supreme Court upheld Sanjay Dutt's conviction and ordered him to serve a sentence of five years or 60 months.
Between 1993 and 2007, he had already spent 18 months in jail during the trial. So deducting for that, he was to serve a sentence of only 42 months or 3 years and 5 months.
His last stint in jail started in May 2013 and was to end in October 2016.
He is getting out 6 to 7 months early as Maharashtra prison rules allow prisoners to earn leaves for good behaviour and work.
There is some confusion on the exact number of leaves Sanjay Dutt has accrued – some reports peg it at a total of 114 days.
Prison and police officials have good leeway in deciding the total amount of leave a prisoner gets.
Between October 2013 and August 2015, Sanjay Dutt was also out on parole and furlough four times for 100 days.
So, his total time comes down further. Depending on his actual release, Sanjay Dutt may have managed to shave off between 10 to 12 months of his five year prison sentence.
Prison and police officials have good leeway in deciding the total amount of leave a prisoner gets.
Between October 2013 and August 2015, Sanjay Dutt was also out on parole and furlough four times for 100 days.
So, his total time comes down further. Depending on his actual release, Sanjay Dutt may have managed to shave off between 10 to 12 months of his five year prison sentence.