New Delhi: The Maharashtra government on Thursday told Bombay High Court that Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, who completed his term and was released in February 2016 can be sent back to jail if it’s found that any rules were flouted in giving parole.
According to ANI, the state government maintained that if rules were flouted in giving parole or furlough to Sanjay Dutt then the government has no objection in sending him back to jail.
Maharashtra High Court has also asked Government to submit a fresh affidavit explaining the criteria of good behaviour applied to Sanjay Dutt, reports ANI.
The government in its previous affidavit had given a division of the duration he had served in jail, excluding the time for which he was on parole and at the end showing that he completed his five years of the term.
The total parole leave mentioned in the affidavit is four months and furlough leave is one month and 14 days.
The affidavit also mentioned that Dutt was not found guilty of all the other offences for which he was charged and, accordingly, acquitted for all the said offences.
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