A 45-day-long shoot in African countries for Sanjay Dutt, on bail after conviction by a Mumbai TADA court in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, got the green light from the SC. On Friday, it directed CBI to release his passport.

CBI would get hold of his passport for just two days. Dutt, who is at present in Thailand on another film shoot, would come to Mumbai on September 18 and is likely to embark on the African tour on September 20. The earlier court order entitled him to travel abroad till September 30.

Advocate Fali S Nariman appearing for the actor, impressed upon a Bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Sathasivam that Dutt had never breached any of the conditions imposed on him by the apex court while granting him bail on November 27 last year.

As Additional Solicitor General appearing for the CBI consented to extension of the liberty to Dutt to fly abroad. The Bench directed the actor to return to India by November 15 and surrender his passport latest by November 20. The shooting schedule for both the movies are spread over Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa and Mozambique.

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