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Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt has been found guilty of involvement in a string of deadly bombings in the western Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) in 1993. Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt has been found guilty of involvement in India's deadliest series of bomb attacks.
Dutt, 47, was convicted by the court of illegally possessing weapons. He will be sentenced at a later date. Dutt, 47, was convicted of possessing illegal firearms but cleared of conspiracy in the 1993 Mumbai attacks. He will be sentenced at a later date.
He was among 123 defendants facing trial over 12 blasts that killed 257 people and injured more than 700.He was among 123 defendants facing trial over 12 blasts that killed 257 people and injured more than 700.
The attacks were allegedly ordered by the Muslim-dominated underworld in retaliation for Hindu-Muslim riots.The attacks were allegedly ordered by the Muslim-dominated underworld in retaliation for Hindu-Muslim riots.
Dutt was acquitted on four other counts, including criminal conspiracy, and faces up to three years in jail. He always denied the charges.
The actor was arrested 13 years ago on terrorism charges and spent nearly two years in prison before the Supreme Court ordered his release on bail.
Agitated
The trial has gripped Bollywood, the world's most prolific film industry.
1993 MUMBAI BLASTS 12 blasts257 dead713 injured123 arrested and tried686 witnesses testify35,000 pages of evidence submitted13 years to reach verdict Profile: Fugitive gangster
Dutt was in court to hear Tuesday's verdict and looked agitated as the judge delivered his verdict.
Dressed in a grey and red-checked shirt and jeans with a vermillion mark on his forehead, the actor told the judge: "I am the only earning member of the family."
He was ordered to stop speaking and to remain in court. All accused pronounced guilty are immediately taken into police custody.
Judge PD Kode said the actor had been found in possession of weapons belonging to men who had carried out the bomb attacks, but he added: "I've not found him to be a terrorist or destructor."
The man thought to have masterminded the plot, underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, has still not been caught.
India says he and another key suspect, Tiger Memon, are hiding in Pakistan, a charge Pakistan has denied.
Trial marathon
There have been few trials in India's legal history to match this one.
Evidence has been taken from more than 600 witnesses.
Verdicts have been announced in stages since mid-September and sentences are yet to be passed.
The bombings are believed to have been carried out by one of the city's notorious underworld crime syndicates, which were then dominated by Muslims.
Their motive is said to have been revenge for religious riots a few months earlier that left more than 2,000 people dead across India, most of them Muslims.
Most of the accused have been languishing in jail for the past 13 years. Lawyers have criticised the length of the trial.
The case has taken so long that 12 of the accused have died and others have been imprisoned for so much longer than their likely sentence that a guilty verdict may still result in them walking free.