The film associations of Bollywood have called for a signature campaign from December 12 for Sanjay Dutt, to minimise the level of punishment to be given to him in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. This has angered the prosecution in the case who is now planning to charge them for the contempt of court.
Ujjawal Nigam, the public prosecutor in the case held the film personalities guilty of coming in the way of the judicial proceedings. He said, “By influencing the judicial process, Bollywood personalities are committing contempt of court and we are seriously considering initiating contempt proceedings against them. The common man’s faith in the legal system would be eroded if Bollywood resorted to methods like launching signature campaigns to seek lesser punishment for Dutt.”
Meanwhile, Sanjay Dutt has already been found guilty under the Arms act for the illegal possession of weapons, though he was acquitted from the TADA case. The court is yet to decide on the quantum of punishment to be given to Sanjay, who faces a minimum of 5 years of imprisonment.
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