Mumbai, July 04: Film star Sanjay Dutt today denied making a telephone call from his Bandra residence to prime conspirator Annes Ibrahim in Dubai prior to the 1993 bomb blasts here and also picked up holes in the prosecution's case to strengthen his defence in a special court. There was nothing on record to show that the call was made to Annes Ibrahim, brother of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, Dutt's lawyers Rajendra Singh, Satish Maneshinde and Farhana Shah told designated Judge P D Kode. CBI has produced a computer print-out of MTNL records to show that a phone call was made to Dubai. It is the case of the prosecution that Dutt, an accused in 1993 bomb blast case, had contacted Annes Ibrahim in Dubai in furtherance to the bomb blast conspiracy. Dutt, however, argued that prosecution had not placed any evidence to show that the call was made to Annes Ibrahim. Even presuming that the call was made to Annes, there was nothing on record to highlight the outcome of the talks between them, Dutt argued. The actor's lawyers also pointed out material contradictions in the evidence of constable Shinde who was posted at his residence when the co-accused had allegedly come to his house in January 1993 to deliver weapons.
Constable Shinde had told the court that co-accused had come to Sanjay Dutt's bungalow in a white Maruti car. However, co-accused Sameer Hingora said in his confession that the colour of the car was blue. This was a material contradiction and demolished the case of the prosecution, Dutt's lawyers pointed out.
Bureau Report