Sanjay Dutt granted 30 days parole

Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt who is serving his sentence in the 1993 Bomb Blast case has been granted a 30-days parole by the State administration.

The actor who had applied for the parole in June citing ill health of his daughter got a relief after the Pune divisional commission approved the request two days back. Sanjay is expected to return home in a couple of days after completion of the formalities. The 30-day parole is extendable by 60 more days, which means the actor can now be on parole for three months.

Quoted as on Hindustan Times, Vijay Satbir Sigh, principal secretary, (home) said, “We have been informed that the Pune divisional commissioner has approved the parole application and Dutt will be out after completing the formalities.”

As per officials the furlough is the right of the prisoner under which he gets 28 days of exemption in a year. The parole is granted in extremely exceptional cases such as natural calamities, ill health of prisoner or his family members. The parole is granted for 30 days and could be extended twice with 30 days each in a year.

Ever since Sanjay’s sentence began in May 2013, he has been on parole for 146 days so far and was last granted a 14 day parole in December 2014.