Click to play videoMumbai: Actor Sanjay Dutt is riding high on the success of his latest release, Lage Raho Munnabhai but he is a worried man at the moment.
With the public prosecuter Ujjwal Nikam making clear that the verdict in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case involving the actor would take at least a month's time, the wait for Dutt has just gone longer.
"I do not want to say anything about that, because I might be prejudiced (sic). Unless the court says something, I don't want to comment on it," said Dutt's lawyer Farhana Shah.
She however said that Dutt does not need to appear in court everyday.
The judgment could not just spell doom for his career but also caste a shadow over six of his films, which are in various stages of production.
Some of his upcoming films include, Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Eklavya, Apoorva Lakhiya's Shootout and his home-production Beehad.
The verdict threatens to jeopardise not only his future but also the film industry as Rs 150 crores of Bollywood money is riding on Dutt.
With the Judgment Day round the corner, Dutt has been keeping a low profile and even his family is unwilling to talk on the subject.
"The judgment is expected tomorrow. Lets leave it to the judiciary," MP and sister of Dutt, Priya Dutt said.
Dutt was first arrested in April1993, shortly after the Mumbai serial blasts when he was found in possession of a Kalashnikov.
He spent 18 months in prison before being released on bail.
Dutt faces charges of conspiring against the nation and possession of arms. He has also been booked under various sections of TADA for aiding and abetting terrorist activity.
But Dutt's real nightmare began after the deportation of underworld don Abu Salem.
Salem claimed in his confession to the court to have supplied Dutt a car-full of Kalashnikovs, ammo and grenades, shortly before the ‘93 serial blast.
So, now the ball lies in the TADA court and if Dutt is convicted then he could face a minimum jail sentence of five years.
If not then Munnabhai could walk out of the court’s gates, a happy man, free to profess Gandhigiri.
(With inputs from Somen Mishra and Arun Gopalakrishnan)
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