Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt has been granted relief by the Allahabad High Court which stayed the legal proceedings against the actor in a sessions court in Uttar Pradesh, a legal counsel said Friday. Justice V.K. Narayan stayed the proceedings against Sanju Baba in a lower court in Mau over apparently indecent comments made by him against then chief minister Mayawati in 2009.
Lawyer for Sanjay Dutt said that the high court stayed the proceedings Thursday and issued notices to the participants.The supposed "indecent comments" were made by the actor during a public rally organized by followers of the Samajwadi Party, which came to power in the state in March. A case was slapped on the actor by police in Mau for presumably making uncharitable comments against Mayawati in Dakshin Tola area.
The FIR was submitted against Sanjay Dutt under penal provisions carrying a maximum penalty of 1 year. Police, after a probe, submitted a charge sheet against Sanjay Dutt. He was yet to appear before the trial court which had summoned him.
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