Sanjay Dutt seeks another two weeks of furlough

Actor Sanjay Dutt is awaiting a decision on his application for extension of furlough by another 14 days as his initial two week leave ends on January 8.
The actor applied for furlough last week. He had been granted a two week furlough leave by the Pune prison authorities at Yerawada where he is serving his five year rigorous imprisonment for illegal possession of an AK-56 rifle before the March 12,1993 serial blasts in Mumbai.
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“Furlough is permitted by law and the leave granted to Dutt is well within the law,"said Dutt’s lawyer Hitesh Jain earlier. He added, “Furlough is granted to convicts on a regular basis as a means to retain contact with family and society"Jain said, “There is nothing illegal or irregular about the leave or its approval,’’ Dutt had filed for his annually available furlough –a leave of absence from prison—in October. The prison authorities sanctioned it on December 22 and he was released as soon as the winter assembly session of the state ended.
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