Sanjay Dutt’s plans to contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections met a roadblock with the Supreme Court ruling that his conviction cannot be suspended. Sanjay Dutt made plea to the Supreme Court to stay his conviction in the Mumbai blast case that rocked the nation in the year 1993.

According to Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan, a conviction for serious offense cannot be stayed to allow the convict to contest the elections.