SC allows Sanjay Dutt to travel abroad

New Delhi, Jul 22 (PTI) The Indian Supreme Court on
Friday allowed Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, convicted in the
1993 Mumbai serial blast case, to go abroad till January 10
next year.
A bench of justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan asked
the actor to surrender his passport within a week after coming
back to the country.
The court passed the orders on a petition filed by the
actor seeking the court's permission to go abroad for shooting
of a film till June 2012.
A special TADA court in Mumbai had in November 2006
acquitted Dutt of TADA charges but held him guilty under the
Arms Act for possessing a weapon illegally. He was sentenced
to six years' imprisonment.
Dutt was granted bail in 2007 on his appeal
challenging his conviction in the Mumbai serial blasts.
Dutt has been approaching the apex court since then
for permission to go abroad for completing his film
assignments.