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Sanjay Dutt (born 29 July 1959 ) is an India n Bollywood actor. A two time Filmfare Awards winner, he is the son of Bollywood stars Sunil Dutt and Nargis . On 31 July 2007 , Sanjay Dutt was sentenced to a jail term of 6 years for illegal possession of firearms acquired from terrorist acquaintances, who were responsible for the 1993 Mumbai Bomb Blasts . On August 20, 2007, the Supreme Court Of India granted him interim bail. BIOGRAPHY Early days Sanjay Dutt was born to one of Bollywood's most well-known star couples, Nargis Dutt and Sunil Dutt . He has two sisters, Priya Dutt and Namrata Dutt (Anju). He was educated at the Lawrence School Sanawar. At the age of 12 he made his first film appearance in his father's film '' Reshma Aur Shera '' where he had a small role as a qawali singer. While he was still in high school, Sanjay Dutt became a . Nargis Dutt died a few weeks before Sanjay Dutt's first film, '' Rocky '', was to be released. A heartbroken Dutt took to doing more drugs. His father sent him to a rehab center in Texas. After attending a rehabilitation program in the United States, a sober Dutt started working in films again. Rise as a notable actor Sanjay Dutt acted in several successful films in the 1980s, including '' Vidhaata '' (1982), '' Naam '' (1986), and '' Hathyar '' (1989). He was reportedly director Subhash Ghai 's first choice to play the lead in '' Hero '' (1983), but after witnessing Sanjay Dutt in his drug phase during the shooting of '' Vidhaata '', Ghai picked Jackie Shroff in his place. Sanjay Dutt married Richa Sharma in 1987 (a small-time actress discovered by Dev Anand) who had nursed him back from a lung injury. A year later, the couple had a baby girl, Trishala. Just two months after Trishala's birth, Risha was diagnosed with cancer and the couple separated. Richa moved to United States with her daughter to live with her parents while Dutt pursued his career in Bollywood. After his wife succumbed to brain tumor in 1996, a bitter custody battle between Dutt and his in-laws over the custody of his only daughter ensued, which Dutt lost. Sanjay Dutt's sister, Namrata, married actor Kumar Gaurav , the son of yesteryears Bollywood star Rajendra Kumar . Sanjay Dutt resurrected his cinema career with movies like ''Sadak'' (1991) and '' Saajan '' (1991). He received his first Filmfare nomination for the best actor in a lead role, for the film ''Saajan''. His breakthrough role came in Subhash Ghai 's '' Khalnayak '' (1993), which became a huge hit and gave his career a boost. He received a filmfare nomination for the film. Arrest in 1993 release of ''Khalnayak'' (1993) happened to coincide with Sanjay Dutt's arrest in connection with the 1993 Mumbai Bombings . He was convicted of illegal possession of arms and ammunition, which were allegedly part of the consignment used in the bombings. According to the CBI case filed in a TADA court, it was alleged that the gangster Abu Salem and his men went to Dutt's house on 16 January 1993 and gave him three AK-56 rifles, 25 hand grenades, one 9 mm pistol and cartridges. He returned two AK-56 rifles, hand grenades and cartridges to Hanif Kadawala and Samir Hingora but kept one AK-56 rifle with himself. The rifle and cartridges allegedly formed part of the consignment, which was smuggled into India at Dighi Port on 9 January 1993 . On learning that Mumbai police were looking to question Sanjay Dutt, his father asked him to immediately return from Mauritius , where he was shooting for a film. On learning of Mumbai Police 's investigation about his involvement in the blasts, Dutt instructed his friends to destroy the rifle. The rifle was destroyed by Yusuf Nullawalla, Kersi Adjenia, Rusi Mulla and Ajay Marwah in accordance with Dutt's request. Dutt then called the then Mumbai Police Commissioner of Police and informed him of his plans to return to India immediately, where he was arrested upon landing. Sanjay Dutt acknowledged that he personally knew the other accused, but denied the charges that he was involved with the larger conspiracy. He was arrested on 19 April 1993 (about a month after the blasts) and spent more than 18 months in Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai, before being released on Bail . During this time, he received considerable support from the Indian Film Industry, as well as his fans. Sanju baba has injected glamour to blasts' trial The buck stops here After release in 1995 Once he was released from jail, Sanjay Dutt married , surfaced in media. In the conversation, Dutt allegedly complained about his fellow actor Govinda coming late to the sets, among other things. Dutt won himself a fan following with a variety of roles, including gangster and comic roles. He was noted for his performances in several films including '' Vaastav '' (1999), '' Mission Kashmir '' (2000), '' Munnabhai M.B.B.S. '' (2003). He also set up a production company with director Sanjay Gupta . The company, called White Feather Films, produced several films, including '' Kaante '' (2002), '' Musafir '' (2004) '' Zinda '' (2005) and ''Shootout at Lokhandwala'' (2007). Sanjay Dutt and Rhea Pillai divorced in 2005, after spending the last few years of their marriage apart. Rhea later married tennis player . '' Lage Raho Munnabhai '' (2006) earned Sanjay Dutt rave reviews. His latest release, Shootout At Lokhandwala (2007), also did well. 2006 court verdict On 28 November 2006 , a special TADA court found actor Sanjay Dutt guilty under the Arms Act of possessing an illegal weapon. He was cleared, however, of the charges of terrorism and conspiracy. Judge P D Kode said of the ruling in the open court, "During my reasoning I have not found him (Sanjay) to be a terrorist." Dutt's bail has been extended a number of times since the ruling and is still in progress. Final decision on Sanju's plea on Feb 23 While Sanjay was cleared of terrorism charges namely the TADA Act, one of his friends who transported the AK-56 guns for Sanjay namely Baba Chouhan was found guilty under TADA Act.http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/634672.cms 2007 arrest In January 2007, a person by the name of Abhimanyu Altekar filed an Intervener's Application, which opposed Sanjay Dutt's release in the 1993 bombings case. Sanjay Dutt's plea opposed, court dismisses intervening application In his application to the court, Altekar argued that there was a great deal of contrast between how a court treated Sanjay Dutt's case and how a court treated a case in which Altekar himself was involved as an accused. In Altekar's case, he had been acquitted by a sessions court, 16 years after he was arrested in a false case of planting a bomb outside the house of an Marathi daily editor in 1990. Altekar compared this treatment with Sanjay Dutt's case and noted that one of the grounds of Dutt's application for seeking time to surrender was that he was the only earning member of the family and also that Sanjay Dutt was on bail for more than 12 years earning enough to make provisions for his family in case of a jail sentence. Altekar also argued that Dutt was mature enough at the time of buying illegal weapons, and did not deserve a reduced jail term. Though the intervener application filed by Altekar was eventually rejected by the court, it nevertheless raised doubt against of prosecution, the State Government of Maharashtra and the Indian Judiciary. Sanjay Dutt was sentenced to 6 years rigorous imprisonment on 31 July 2007 by judge P.D.Kode . 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