JOIN USApex court allows Sanjay Dutt to go abroad for six months
A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Justice Arijit Pasayat and Justice P. Sathasivam ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to release Dutt's passport to enable him undertake his foreign trips.
The bench also ordered Dutt to submit his passport to the CBI latest by January 10 after his return.
The bench allowed Dutt's visit abroad on his plea that he had to undertake the shooting of around half a dozen films at various places abroad.
Appearing for Dutt, senior counsel and former additional solicitor general Mukul Rohtagi told the court that his client has six films lined for shooting abroad.
The films pending for shooting abroad include "All the Best", "The Fun Begins", "No Problem", "Double Dhamaal", "Sankee", and "Indian", said Rohtagi adding that shootings are scheduled between June 10 and Dec 31 in South Africa and Canada.