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Sanjay, 85 other Tada accused exempted till Sept 14
Mumbai, Aug 25: A special court today exempted 86 accused in the 1993 bomb blast case, including film actor Sanjay Dutt, from personal appearance till September 14 and ordered them to appear without fail on the following day.
Mumbai, Aug 25: A special court today exempted 86 accused in the 1993 bomb blast case, including film actor Sanjay Dutt, from personal appearance till September 14 and ordered them to appear without fail on the following day.
In a separate development, the court allowed Sanjay to visit New Delhi for two days from august 27 to attend a press conference on release of Hindi film 'plan.'
In keeping with a judicial directive, Sanjay and 85 others appeared before designated judge P D Kode. Thirty other accused lodged in Central Prison were also produced before the court which is housed in the same compound.
Sanjay just returned from his month-long tour of South Africa and Tanzania for shooting of a Hindi film.
He is facing the charge of possessing an AK-56 rifle and destroying the weapon. Sanjay has already denied the charges.
The court had on July 7 modified the charge of conspiracy framed against Sanjay and 115 others with a view to including the name of co-accused Majnu Mustaffa, brother of absconding accused Mohammed Dossa.
CBI examined 686 witnesses and the evidence has crossed 13,000 pages. The accused are charged with carrying out serial blasts on March 12, 1993 which killed 257 people and injured 713 besides damaging property worth Rs 27 crore.
Bureau Report
In keeping with a judicial directive, Sanjay and 85 others appeared before designated judge P D Kode. Thirty other accused lodged in Central Prison were also produced before the court which is housed in the same compound.
Sanjay just returned from his month-long tour of South Africa and Tanzania for shooting of a Hindi film.
He is facing the charge of possessing an AK-56 rifle and destroying the weapon. Sanjay has already denied the charges.
The court had on July 7 modified the charge of conspiracy framed against Sanjay and 115 others with a view to including the name of co-accused Majnu Mustaffa, brother of absconding accused Mohammed Dossa.
CBI examined 686 witnesses and the evidence has crossed 13,000 pages. The accused are charged with carrying out serial blasts on March 12, 1993 which killed 257 people and injured 713 besides damaging property worth Rs 27 crore.
Bureau Report