Sanjay Dutt waits for decision on 14-day extension of furlough

MUMBAI: Actor Sanjay Dutt applied for an extension of his furlough by another 14 days last week and is now awaiting a decision on it. His initial leave of two weeks ends on Thursday.
Dutt was granted the furlough by the Pune prison authorities of Yerawada jail where he is serving a five-year rigorous imprisonment for illegal possession of an AK-56 rifle before the 1993 serial blasts in Mumbai.
“The leave granted to Dutt is well within law,” Dutt’s lawyer Hitesh Jain had said earlier. “Furlough is regularly granted to convicts so that they can retain contact with families and society.”
Dutt filed for his leave in October. It was sanctioned on December 22 and he was allowed to go on furlough after the winter assembly session ended.