Verdicts in '93 case today

By Afp, Mumbai
An Indian court is due to pass judgement today on 123 people, among them film star Sanjay Dutt, accused of 1993 bomb attacks in Mumbai that killed 257 people.

Verdicts in the case -- in which 13,000 pages of evidence have been recorded and more than 600 witnesses examined -- will be delivered in a special anti-terrorism court headed by Judge Pramod Kode, court officials said.

Dutt, a star of the Hindi-language Bollywood film industry, is accused of aiding those who carried out the bombings in India's financial capital.

The 47-year-old actor reportedly cancelled some scheduled shoots this week as he was "anxious" about the case.

The popular actor, who spent 18 months in detention starting in July 1994, is charged with possessing a rifle and later destroying it with the help of friends. He has always protested his innocence.