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Treat us like Sanjay Dutt, say families of convicts
After protesting against "special treatment" offered to film star Sanjay Dutt by a special court in Mumbai that gave its judgment in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, relatives of the other convicts in the case have demanded "equal treatment" at par with Dutt.
- ANI
- Published: 00:00 February 12, 2007
Mumbai: After protesting against "special treatment" offered to film star Sanjay Dutt by a special court in Mumbai that gave its judgment in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, relatives of the other convicts in the case have demanded "equal treatment" at par with Dutt.
Repeated extensions
Dutt, 47, was convicted of keeping illegal arms and his name was cleared of conspiracy in the serial bombings of 1993 in Mumbai that killed 257 people. He is currently on bail and has repeatedly sought extension of his bail on grounds of his "good behaviour" and that he has to take care of his lone daughter, who stays in the US.
"My brother-in-law Syed Ali has been convicted. Fine, Sanjay Dutt was given special concessions to take care of the one daughter he has; my brother-in-law has three. We would like the judiciary to give consideration to us Muslims as well," said Rukhsana, kin of one of the convicts.
With Dutt repeatedly getting extension of his bail, since 1995, the relatives of the other convicts in the case are of the opinion that the court is adopting different yardsticks for different convicts and have vented their ire over what they say is the court's unfair partiality towards a star.
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