Mumbai, Oct 14: In keeping with a judicial order, film actor Sanjay Dutt and 88 other accused in the 1993 bomb blast case would appear before a special court today even as CBI has sought time until October 21 to submit arguments in the last phase of the marathon trial.
On a plea by defence lawyers Farhana Shah and Subhash Kanse, 89 accused, including Sanjay, had been exempted till October 14 by Judge P D Kode. The court has summoned them today.
CBI has sought time to conclude its arguments in this marathon trial which has reached its fag end after seven years. The agency pleaded that it was seeking time as its officer had gone to Lisbon to seek extradition of notorious gangster Abu Salem, also an absconding accused in this case.
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