4. 1993 Mumbai blast

	Sanjay Dutt - out of cell

One of the most sought decision of the year was the Supreme court's order over the bail application of 1993 Mumbai blast convicts. The Mumbai TADA court had convicted around a 100 accused in '93 blast case which claimed more than 250 lives and left around 700 injured. Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt was also convicted by the TADA court under the Arms act. Out of these, 10 accused including Memon brothers were awarded death sentence while seventeen others were awarded life sentence for criminal conspiracy. Later, a total of 25 convicts approached the supreme court, out of which 19 got bail, including Sanjay Dutt.

5. Salman Khan
Another Bollywood actor Salman Khan also went through lots of highs and lows in 2007. He received a major set back when a Rajasthan court upheld its decision to convict him in the Chinkara killing case and pronounced 5 years of rigorous imprisonment for the actor. The situation went from bad to worse when he failed to appear before the court during the pronouncement. Consequently, the court issued a non-bailable warrant against him. Salman then apologised for his absence and soon appeared before the court. Problems refused to leave Salman as the Rajasthan High Court initially refused to hear his bail plea. However Salman later got an interim bail and returned to his normal life. All's well that ends well.

6. Shibu Soren
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha supremo Shibu Soren was finally set free by Delhi High court in a thirteen year old murder case. He was accused of murdering his secretary Shashi Nath Jha. Shibu was in jail in the same case for almost a year when a Delhi court in November 2006 found him guilty of the crime and sentenced him to life term. But inefficiency on the part of country's premier investigative agency CBI later led to the acquittal of Soren by the Delhi High Court on August 23, 2007. According to HC, the trial courts' analysis were not suitable and efficient enough to convict Soren. However, the High Court's decision has been in the Supreme court and would be heard in 2008.