Sanjay Dutt , 16 others get bail

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Here I go again, ranting about Sanjay D. He was granted bail by the Supreme Court yesterday and is free. Again. I am pretty sure he has a friend in SC who grants his bail every time he appeals there. The only thing he needs to do now is report to CBI every month or so, but obviously, he can now party as before.

On one hand, I feel this is big relief for his friends and family, and I understand their agonizing pain for the last several years. But what a loss for law and order on the whole! I mean, again, nowhere have I seen the full analysis/report/reasoning/basis for him being in and out of the jail for the last 15 years or so. It is still unclear how this case has developed and whether right now he is out temporarily or permanently. But his lawyers repeatedly say that the arm(s) he possessed were for self-protection. Well, then why was he sentenced for 6 years by TADA where it took the lawyers ~15 years to study the (bomb blast) case and for the court to give verdict? And the biggest disappointment is that, as expected, 16 other accused have been granted bail as well. Yikes.

The only thing I wish at this point is that may be the verdict should have come sooner. May be the sentencing was of shorter duration. May be the law could be interpreted and applied in different ways depending on various factors. May be someone could explain me this whole thing from the beginning. I just feel that the public, i.e. I, have been deceived and deprived of information that they deserve to have...