Sanjay Dutt

Date of Birth: 29 July 1959, India 
Birth Name: Sanjay Balraj Dutt 
Nickname: Sanju Baba 
Height: 6' (1.83 m) 
Spouse(s):  Richa Sharma (1987-1996) ,Rhea Pillai (1998-2005) ,Manyata Dutt (2008-Present)  


Sanjay is the son of the late actors Nargis, and Sunil Dutt. He has two sisters, Priya Dutt and Namrata Dutt (Anju). He was educated at the Lawrence School, Sanawar. He struggled with drug addiction while in high school and after the death of his mother in 1981. He even underwent treatment for the same at a drug rehab program in Jackson, Mississippi in the United States which helped him considerably in kicking his drug habit. 


He married Richa Sharma in 1987. She died of cancer in 1996. They had a daughter, Trishala Dutt, who lives in the United States. His second wife was Rhea Pillai. He is currently married to his third wife Dilnawaz Shaikh, also known as Manyata. He has entered into Politics.


His debut film was the 1981 film Rocky, which was produced and directed by his father, Sunil Dutt. He went on to appear in numerous other films, including Vidhaata (1982), Naam (1986), and Hathyar (1989). His breakthrough role came in Subhash Ghai's Khalnayak (1993), for which he received a Filmfare Awards nomination.His most successful role has been that of comic goon Munna Bhai, appearing in the films Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. and Lage Raho Munna Bhai.


On December 18, 2001, he refuted charges of possessing an AK-56 rifle and destroying it. He also denied that Samir Hingora and Ibrahim Chavan had visited his residence in a car laden with arms and ammunition prior to the 1993 Mumbai explosions. In July 2002, he pleaded that the evidence placed by CBI against him was fabricated and hence inadmissible. In his final arguments before the special court, he said that CBI had not produced the original document to show that a call was made from his residence to Anees Ibrahim in Dubai prior to the 1993 Mumbai bomb explosions.


In March 2006, when framing charges against extradited Abu Salem and co-accused Riyaz Siddiqui in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case, the prosecution said that Salem delivered 9 AK-56 rifles to Sanjay at his Bandra house in the second week of January 1993.


On February 13, 2007, the crime branch of Mumbai police arrested Abdul Qayyum Abdul Karim Shaikh, a close aide of Dawood Ibrahim and wanted by CBI Special Task Force for his role in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts from Mumbai. Qayuum had been named by Sanjay Dutt in his confessional statement. Sanjay had said that he met Qayuum in Dubai in September 1992 and bought a pistol from him. According to CBI, the pistol was sold to Sanjay at the instance of Dawood's brother Anees Ibrahim.


On July 31, 2007, he was sentenced to six years rigorous imprisonment for illegally possessing three AK-56 rifles, a pistol and ammunition obtained from the Mumbai underworld.At the same time, he was also "cleared of terrorism conspiracy charges in the blasts" related to the 1993 bombings.  According to The Guardian, "The actor claimed he feared for his life after the notorious "Black Friday" bombings, which were allegedly staged by Mumbai's Muslim-dominated mafia in retaliation for deadly Hindu-Muslim clashes a few months earlier. But the judge, Pramod Kode, rejected this defence and also refused bail."He was diately taken into custody and sent to Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail. As the sentence was pronounced, he was "visibly shocked and was seen shivering and holding back tears".


On August 2, 2007, he was moved from Arthur Road jail in Mumbai to the Yeravada Jail in Pune. On August 7, 2007, he appealed the sentence. Later, on August 20, 2007, the Supreme Court of India granted he interim bail.He was released after Yeravada Jail authorities received a copy of the court's bail order. The bail was valid until the time the special TADA court, which sentenced he on July 31, provides a copy of its judgment to him.He was released from jail on August 23. 


 On October 22, 2007 he was back in jail but again applied for bail. On 27 November 2007, he was granted bail by the Supreme Court.  He currently has an appeal for an acquittal pending.In January 2009, he announced that he would contest the 2009 Lok Sabha elections on the Samajwadi Party ticket. However, he withdrew his candidacy in March, 2009 after the Supreme Court refused to suspend his conviction.