Sanjay Dutt to release from jail on February 25: Will carry Rs 440 earned during jail stay, fly to Mumbai after release

Actor Sanjay Dutt will finally walk free from the Yerwada jail near Pune on the morning of February 25. The 56-year-old actor, on whom investment worth crores of rupees was riding when he was convicted by the special TADA court in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, will be carrying with him Rs 440 he earned during his jail stay.

In this January 2015 photograph, Sanjay Dutt is seen with wife Maanyata along with their twins Iqra and Shahraan. Dutt was out on parole many times. (Source: Photo by Express Archive Photos )

Immediately after his release, Sanjay Dutt is likely to use a chartered plane to travel to Mumbai, sources said.

Seen here in this old picture a young Sanjay Dutt with his father and veteran actor Sunil Dutt. (Source: Photo by Express Archive Photos )

The decision to use the air route is owing to security reasons and anticipating a huge media turnout outside the jail to cover the release of Sanjay Dutt.

An old picture of the actor outside jail. (Source: Photo by Express Archive Photos )

Among the various jobs the 'inmate number C-16656' did in the jail included playing a radio jockey for the in-house FM channel.

Actor Sanjay Dutt comes out of Khar police station in Mumbai in August 2015. (Source: Photo by Express Archive Photos )

Sanjay Dutt is reported to be planning a film on a fellow jail inmate convicted in a family dispute case. (Source: Photo by Express Archive Photos )

Maharashtra Minister of State for Home Ram Shinde said Sanjay Dutt will be completing his jail term on February 25 after counting in the eight months and 16 days he earned as exemption or remission on account of good behaviour in prison.

Seen in this picture with his wife Maanyata and their twins. (Source: Photo by Express Archive Photos )

So, Sanjay Dutt would have spent four years, three months and 14 days in the jail, though sentenced to five years by the Supreme Court.

Seen here in this old pic with Hrithik Roshan. (Source: Photo by Express Archive Photos )

Sanjay Dutt was arrested on April 19, 1993, for possession and destruction of an AK-56 rifle, which was a part of cache of arms and explosives which landed in India prior to the serial blasts of March 1993.

Sanjay Dutt leaves for Yerawada Jail from his residence in Mumbai after the end of his parole in September last year. (Source: Photo by Express Archive Photos )

During the investigation and the marathon trial, he spent 18 months in jail. On July 31, 2007, the TADA court in Mumbai sentenced him to six years' rigorous imprisonment under the Arms Act and imposed a fine of Rs 25,000. In 2013, the Supreme Court upheld the ruling but reduced the sentence to five years. (Source: Photo by Express Archive Photos )

During his imprisonment, he was granted parole of 90 days in December 2013 and again for 30 days later.

Dutt in film Mahanata. (Source: Photo by Express Archive Photos )

Sanjay Dutt's release on February 25 will be 103 days ahead of the end of his full prison term. (Source: Photo by Express Archive Photos )