Sanjay Dutt’s first pictures outside Yerwada jail and his dramatic salute

Sanjay Dutt finally walked our of the Yerwada jail in the morning as a free person. He served 42 months in jail , as part of his five-year sentence after being convicted in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case. The actor touched the ground as he came out of jail, picked up his bag and saluted the guards before making beginning his journey home. A bearded Sanjay Dutt with a tilak on his forehead stepped out of the iron gate dressed in blue shirt and denims clutching onto a bundle of documents and bag hanging from his shoulders.

The entire Bollywood industry has been desperately waiting for the actor to return home and filmmakers are already ready with their scripts for Sanju baba. (Source: Photo by Arul Horizon)

A smile lighted Snajay Dutt's face as the 56-year-old actor, clad in a blue shirt and jeans, stepped out and walked briskly toward a waiting car outside the prison, waving to onlookers. (Source: Photo by Arul Horizon)

Looking in good health, he enthusiastically carried in his hands a 'khaki' bag containing his belongings and a green coloured file that apparently contained his prison record. (Source: Photo by Arul Horizon)

A sense of dramatics crept in as he turned back and saluted the tri-colour atop the prison building and bent to touch the soil in full media glare. (Source: Photo by Arul Horizon)

Sanjay Dutt walking outside the jail with his bag. (Source: Photo by Arul Horizon)

Waiting for him inside the car were his wife Maanyata and friend and producer of blockbuster "Munnabhai" Rajkumar Hirani as he drove to Pune airport to take an onward chartered flight to Mumbai. (Source: Photo by Arul Horizon)

Speaking to reporters outside the Pune airport, the actor quipped that "There is no easy walk to freedom my friends". (Source: Photo by Arul Horizon)

Sanjay Dutt was set free after completing prison formalities at around 8.45 AM and came out escorted by police which had tightened security in the area. (Source: Photo by Arul Horizon)

Sanjay Dutt completed 42-months remaining of his five year sentence in Yerawada prison here as he had already spent 18 months in Mumbai's Arthur road jail as an under-trial. (Source: Photo by Arul Horizon)

Sanjay Dutt has reached Mumbai and offered prayers at Siddhivinayak too. (Source: Photo by Arul Horizon)