The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that actor-politician Sanjay Dutt cannot contest elections and rejected the actor's plea to suspend his conviction. He is the Samajwadi Party candidate from Lucknow.
The Supreme Court said that allowing Dutt to contest despite his conviction and jail terms would set a wrong precedent.
After the decision the Bollywood actor said, "I have not read the judgement but I respect the SC's decision. I am not going to leave Lucknow. It is my home whether I fight elections or not. I owe a lot Lucknow and will not leave."
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Sanjay Dutt had been convicted under the Arms Act and had been given six years jail term.
Currently, he is on bail granted by the Supreme Court. Dutt filed a petition in Supreme Court to suspend his conviction.
But the court backed the CBI's argument that giving Dutt the go-ahead will open the floodgates.
As per law, anyone convicted for two years and above can not contest polls.
So far only person who was allowed to contest under this law was former cricketer Navjot Sidhu.
Dutt in his petition stated that this was his first offence and has a good family background of politicians. He also says he wants to contest elections to work for the country.
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