I'm heartbroken, says Mahesh Bhatt, mahesh bhatt about sanjay dutt, mahesh bhatt's heartbrokenI'm heartbroken, says Mahesh Bhatt:
Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt said on Thursday he was heartbroken that the Supreme Court upheld actor Sanjay Dutt's conviction in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. Dutt's sentence was reduced from six to five years in jail.
Dutt, who has served 18 months in jail, will now have to spend another 3 years and 6 months in jail.
"I was hopeful there would be a happy ending but alas life is not a movie," Bhatt told CNN-IBN. He also tweeted: "Heart Broken: Just heard that Sanjay Dutt has to go to jail for 5 years. I expected mercy! Alas it did not happen".
Sanjay Dutt's counsel requested the court that the actor be released on probation considering his past conduct and association with charitable and social work. However, the court was unimpressed saying it cannot be done considering the gravity of the crime, thereby reducing his sentence from 6 to 5 years.
While Dutt can still file a review petition against the verdict within the next four weeks. If he doesn't appeal against his sentence in the given time period, he will have to surrender before the Bombay High Court and will be sent to jail to serve his sentence.
"We were hoping against hope that there would be light at the end of the tunnel, that it would be a happy ending. I do not know of the legal path forward now. While talking to Sanjay Dutt yesterday night I could sense that he was going through an anxious time," Bhatt said.
"It is a blow to us, all those close to Sanjay Dutt," he said.
Mahesh Bhatt on Sanjay Dutt: Was hopeful there would be a happy ending
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