Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, convicted for six years in the Mumbai blasts, will have to wait to get his bail plea heard by the Apex Court which clarified that it would not take it up on Friday.
A bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan made it clear that the apex court had only listed the matter to be “mentioned” on Friday and only after that a date would be formally fixed for hearing the actor’s bail application. The clarification came after Senior Counsel Fali S Nariman, appearing for Dutt, complained that the matter was not being listed for hearing on Friday.
The Apex Court, assured that there will be no discrimination in dealing with the blasts accused and agreed to take up on Friday the bail plea of Aziz Ahmed Mohammad Shaikh convicted for five years under TADA Act.
