Digvijaya now backs demand to pardon Dutt

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh Saturday came out in support of demand to pardon Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt,who has been sentenced to five years imprisonment under the Arms Act in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh Saturday came out in support of demand to pardon Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt,who has been sentenced to five years imprisonment under the Arms Act in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.

He said when Dutt had committed the crime,of illegally possessing weapons like AK-56 rifle and ammunition,he was of an impressionable age and there was an impression that his father,Sunil Dutt,was being targeted for supporting the cause of Muslims.

I agree with the demand. I have total sympathy for him, Singh told The Sunday Express. Issue is that he was convicted under the Arms Act for which he has already been in jail for 18 months. He is not a habitual criminal.

Asked why law should have one yardstick for other convicts and another for Dutt,Digvijaya said,Law is for everyone. If he is pardoned,that will be under law only. There have been many instances where people have been pardoned under this law.

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