Click to play videoMumbai: Actor Sanjay Dutt, who has been given six years imprisonment for illegal arms possession, on Thursday lost his appeal to be serve his term in Mumbai and will be transferred to Pune's Yerwada Jail.
The Inspector General (Prisons) told CNN-IBN that Dutt would be transferred to the Yerwada Jail soon.
Dutt's lawyer Satish Maneshinde confirmed the news.
Dutt had requested TADA court judge P D Kode not to transfer him from the Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai, as he feared for his security and health.
Dutt suffered a setback in his appeal when the Arthur Road Jail, which usually houses undertrials, gave a report to the court that the actor be shifted out.
Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam told reporters the Arthur Road Jail didn’t have industries to employ Dutt, who has to work in prison as part of his punishment.
Dutt's family reportedly wanted him to stay in Mumbai for security reasons. All the other convicts in the case, including the 12 who have been given capital punishment, have been moved to jails in Pune, Nasik, Kolhapur and Aurangabad after their sentencing.
Prisoner Dutt
Inside Arthur Road Jail, Dutt has had to exchange his trademark jeans and shirt for a white kurta and pajama, the standard attire for a convict.
"He must have worn the clothes (of a prisoner) many times in his long film career. This time it's for real," said a senior official at the high-security jail in central Mumbai.
Dutt had his dinner late Tuesday evening after being taken into the jail, the third time he has been held there since his arrest in 1993. The only difference was that he is now a convict.
"His meals comprise dal, rice and chapatis while breakfast is poha and fruits. No special treatment is being given to him," the official said. "Breakfast is served at 0730 hours, lunch at 1130 and dinner at 1800."
Dutt can also have food available in the canteen for prisoners facing trial as a supplement as the intervals between meals are "very long", the official said.
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