'93 Mumbai blasts: Sanjay Dutt found guilty
	Tuesday, November 28, 2006 (Mumbai):Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt has been pronounced guilty in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. In a major relief, Justice Kode while announcing the judgement said Dutt was not a "terrorist". Dutt has been found guilty under the Arms Act and not TADA. According to reports, Dutt is likely to seek bail on Tuesday. The famed actor of Munnabhai fame could get a maximum sentence of three years. The main charges against Sanjay Dutt are receiving some of the weapons used in the blasts from underworld don Abu Salem and keeping them at his residence. Dutt had actually admitted to the charges in his confession, which he made shortly after his arrest, but he later retracted the same. Meanwhile, co-accused Yusuf Nulwala and Kersi Adajania have also been found guilty under the Arms Act. Dutt's confession In his confession recorded on April 22,1993, Sanjay Dutt had admitted that Salem had visited his Pali Hill residence in January 1993. The actor maintained that Salem was brought to his home by Samir Hingora and Hanif Kadawala - proprietors of Magnum Video, who are close associates of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. Salem, according to Dutt, had brought three AK 56 rifles, some magazines and 250 rounds. But Dutt said he kept only one and returned two AK 56s back to Samir and Hanif. Dutt said he needed the weapons to protect his family as they had received threatening calls during the 1992 Mumbai riots. Despite repeated complaints, he said the police did not give the family any protection. But when he heard about the blasts and the arrest of Samir and Hanif, he asked his friend Nulwala to destroy the gun.