What surprises me is the kind of euphoria that has been going through the film crowd when it comes to Sanjay Dutt. There was Jaya Prada calling him very innocent person and unfair sentence, she is an MP and knows the whole case! Is she trying to say that the supreme court is unfair and not doing its duty, the same case with the rest of them! Not a single person says, yes he is a good man but law has to take its course and thats that! they probably expect to be treated differently just because they are celebrities and are famous people !!!
I was just news some time back and was not really surprised to see all celebrities, politicians et al lobbying for Sanjay Dutt and claiming his innocence. What is most worrying and irritating is the statement from Markandey Katju saying that since Dutt has a suffered a lot on personal front in the last 30 years, he should be given special consideration and should be pardoned! :blink: :blink:
What has absolutely stunned me is the statement of Jaya Bacchan, she displayed audacity of a rare kind by describing the Supreme Court's judgement as rubbish!! She is a member of parliament - cry my countrymen cry!!! A law-maker is supposed to know that it applies equally and evenly to all and that is what it should be!! A law doesn't differentiate between a progeny of the Dutt or Bacchan family and a commoner like me!!!
Now she is planning to go the Maharashtra Governor with an appeal to pardon Sanjay Dutt because according to her he has been punished enough for 20 years...what 20 years is she talking? the success of his films, 2 marriages ,kids, politics - i dont see any punishment there , rather a comfortable and luxurious life style that most common people can only dream of....
Despite good money, comforts and films, Sanjay Dutt has faced court case under TADA and illegal possession of arms. This would have given him intense mental agony. That is what Jaya means. But this is no cause for pardon. every accused faces such agony. Moreover, Supreme court has confirmed minimum sentence viz. five years inclusive of the period already spent in jail.
It is useless for Sanjay Dutt to beg for pardon. He has already been jailed and convicted. So, he has lost honor- whether he is sent to jail or the sentence is waived.
The film industry is shedding crocodile tears for Sanjay Dutt. During imprisonment, he cannot act in the films he had signed. This is the issue with them. But they should have anticipated this when Sanjay Dutt signed those films.