MUMBAI, Oct 20, 2007 (AFP) - Bollywood bad boy Sanjay Dutt, who is out on bail from a six-year sentence for illegal arms possession due to a technicality, could be back in jail as early as Monday, his lawyer said.

India's Supreme Court agreed to his conditional release in August after the anti-terror court in Mumbai that jailed him failed to provide the actor with a copy of its judgement.

'Dutt has now been called on Monday and is likely to receive his copy,' Farhana Shah, one of Dutt's lawyers, told AFP Saturday.

MUMBAI, Sept 26, 2007 (AFP) - Bollywood bad boy Sanjay Dutt could remain out of jail for another month on bail from his six-year sentence for arms possession due to a technicality, his lawyer said Wednesday.

Last month India's Supreme Court agreed to his conditional release after the anti-terror court in Mumbai that jailed him failed to provide the actor with a copy of its judgement.

'Dutt has still to receive the court order. We expect it to come only by mid-October,' Karan Singh, one of Dutt's lawyers, told AFP.

MUMBAI, Sept 10, 2007 (AFP) - Bollywood bad boy Sanjay Dutt Monday said he could resume work as early as this weekend after being temporarily bailed from his six-year jail term for arms possession.

'I will resume my movie shoots very soon, starting possibly this weekend to meet contractual commitments,' Dutt, sporting prison-cropped hair, told reporters.

'I have to grow my hair back and get into shape,' joked the burly actor, who has already spent three weeks behind bars.

MUMBAI, Aug 23, 2007 (AFP) - Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt walked out of jail Thursday after being granted temporary bail from a six-year sentence for arms possession in connection with the 1993 Mumbai blasts.

A smiling Dutt shook hands with police officials, hugged a few of them and waved to scores of journalists as he walked out of Yerwada prison in the western city of Pune and headed home to Mumbai.

PUNE, India, Aug 23, 2007 (AFP) - Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt walked out of jail Thursday after being granted interim bail from his six-year sentence for arms possession, an AFP photographer said.

A smiling Dutt shook hands with police officials, hugged a few of them and waved to scores of journalists as he walked out of Yerwada prison in western Pune city.

Dutt was last month sentenced to six years for possessing illegal weapons received from plotters of the 1993 Mumbai bombings which killed 257 people and injured 800 more.

NEW DELHI, Aug 23, 2007 (AFP) - Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt walked out of jail Thursday after being granted interim bail from his six-year sentence for arms possession.

Television pictures showed Dutt walking out of the prison in western India with scores of journalists covering the movements of the hugely popular movie action hero.

Dutt was last month sentenced to six years for possessing illegal weapons received from plotters of the 1993 Mumbai bombings which killed 257 people and injured 800 more.

NEW DELHI, Aug 20, 2007 (AFP) - India's Supreme Court on Monday granted Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt 'interim' bail as it reviews the details of his six-year prison sentence for arms possession.

An anti-terror court last month sentenced the burly actor to 'rigorous imprisonment' for possessing illegal weapons received from plotters of the 1993 Mumbai blasts, which killed 257 people and injured 800 more.

MUMBAI, Aug 9, 2007 (AFP) - A bail plea by jailed Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt following a six-year sentence for arms possession linked to 1993 Mumbai terror blasts will be heard by India's Supreme Court Friday, his lawyers said.

Dutt is currently serving the jail term in the high-security Yerawada prison in the western Indian city of Pune.

MUMBAI, Aug 7, 2007 (AFP) - Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt on Tuesday appealed to India's Supreme Court to review his conviction and sentence for illegal weapons possession in connection with the 1993 Mumbai blasts, his lawyers said.

Dutt is currently serving his jail term at the high-security Yerawada prison in the western Indian city of Pune after the sentence was announced last week.

NEW DELHI, Aug 3, 2007 (AFP) - Jailed Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt will be given an 'aptitude test' to decide what manual work he should perform in prison, a report said Friday.

Dutt, who was jailed on Tuesday for illegal weapons possession in connection with the 1993 Mumbai blasts, could work in the laundry, bakery, printing press, carpentry shop or do other tasks, the Press Trust of India reported.

'Normally we ask for the preferences of prisoners and try to know their aptitude before assigning them daily work,' the news agency quoted an unnamed jail source as saying.

NEW DELHI, Aug 3, 2007 (AFP) - Bollywood tough guy Sanjay Dutt has often been in prison in 'reel life.' Now the celluloid icon with leathery hangdog looks has to get used to prison for real.

He was sentenced on Tuesday to six years 'rigorous imprisonment' for possessing illegal weapons that he received from plotters of the 1993 Mumbai blasts which killed 257 people.

Dutt's downfall has left producers holding a clutch of unfinished movies, with Bollywood analysts estimating losses at more than half a billion rupees (12 million dollars), a massive sum in India.