New Delhi: The Supreme Court will decide on actor Sanjay Dutt's plea for suspension of his conviction in connection with the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts to contest in the coming Lok Sabha polls on Monday.
Dutt's fate will depend upon the stand taken by CBI, which had not opposed his bail in the apex court after he was sentenced to six years' imprisonment by a Mumbai TADA Court. The court had held Dutt guilty under the Arms Act.
The actor, who has joined Samajwadi Party and decided to contest the polls from Lucknow, has sought suspension of the conviction on the grounds which were considered by the apex court while staying the conviction of BJP leader Navjot Singh Sidhu in a road rage case.
Dutt, who recently visited America as United Nations' Goodwill Ambassador on malnutrition, said his conduct during the trial should be considered for granting him relief like cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu.
The apex court had on January 23, 2007 stayed the conviction and the three-year sentence of Sidhu in a road rage case paving way for him to contest the Amritsar Lok Sabha bypoll after he resigned in the wake of Punjab and Haryana High Court holding him guilty of the offence.
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