SC to hear Dutt bail petition on Friday

The Supreme Court will hear on Friday the petition filed by Sanjay Dutt, sentenced to six years' imprisonment in connection with the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, seeking interim bail.

Senior advocate Fali S Nariman mentioned the matter before a Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan, which agreed to his plea for hearing Dutt's bail application on August 10.

Nariman said Dutt has been taken into custody even without serving him the copy of the judgement, which found him guilty under the Arms Act. 

Dutt yesterday filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging his conviction by the TADA court in the case saying he was held guilty on a very weak piece of evidence.