India's supreme court released Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt on bail yesterday, citing a technicality weeks after he was convicted for illegally possessing guns tied to the 1993 Mumbai bombings, in which 257 people were killed.

Dutt received bail because the Mumbai court that convicted him had not yet provided him with a copy of his sentence. Dutt was convicted in November and sentenced on July 31 to six years in prison for illegally possessing three automatic rifles and a pistol.

He was acquitted of more serious terrorism charges relating to the bombings. He is currently appealing against the sentence.