Sanjay Dutt is free, walks out of Yerwada jail

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, along with his wife Manyata, visits the Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai post his release from Pune’s Yerwada jail after completing his prison term following his conviction in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case on Wednesday. (Anshuman Poyrekar/ HT Photo )

Updated on: Feb 25, 2016 6:59 PM IST

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Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, along with his wife Manyata, visits the Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai post his release from Pune’s Yerwada jail after completing his prison term following his conviction in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case on Wednesday. (Anshuman Poyrekar/ HT Photo )

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Sanjay Dutt at Siddhivinayak Temple, Mumbai after his release from Yerwada jail in Pune on Thursday. (Anshuman Poyrekar/ HT Photo)

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Sanjay Dutt and his wife Manyata are escorted by police at the Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai on Wednesday. (Anshuman Poyrekar/ HT Photo)

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Sanjay Dutt`s Mumbai home as well as the rest of the locality was decorated with flowers and posters welcoming the actor. (IANS)

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Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt waves as he is escorted by officials from Yerwada jail in Pune on February 25, 2016. (Satish Bate/ HT Photo)

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The disgraced star kissed the ground as he walked free from the jail, after authorities decided to release him ahead of schedule for good behaviour. (Satish Bate/HT Photo)

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Sanjay Dutt was released from prison after serving about four years for possessing weapons supplied by gangsters behind a series of bomb blasts in Mumbai in 1993. (AFP)

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Outside the prison, he was greeted by his wife Manyata, twins Iqra and Shahran and close friends including director Rajkumar Hirani. (Satish Bate/ HT Photo)

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Sanjay Dutt is watched by officials as he salutes the Indian flag at the entrance to Pune’s Yerwada jail. (Satish Bate/HT Photo)

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Sanjay Dutt steps out of Pune’s Yerwada jail after completion of his jail term. (Nitin Lawate/IANS)

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Sanjay was first arrested on April 19, 1993, for possession and destruction of an AK-56 rifle, which was a part of cache of arms and explosives which landed in India prior to the serial blasts of March 1993. (Nitin Lawate/IANS)

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From the jail, Sanjay went to Pune airport from where he boarded a chartered plane to Mumbai. (AFP)