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Lok Sabha Elections
Apr 1 2009, Vincent Van Ross

The candidature of Samajwadi Party’s nominee for Lucknow constituency in Uttar Pradesh, cine star Sanjay Dutt, went for a toss when the Supreme Court rejected the actor’s plea to suspend his conviction and sentence under the Arms Act in 1993 Mumbai.

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