Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt arrives at a special bomb blast trial court, in Mumbai, India, in this Oct. 22, 2007 file photo. The Supreme Court on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007, granted bail to Dutt who has been sentenced to six years in jail for illegal weapons possession, his attorney said.

NEW DELHI (AP) — Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt was granted bail Tuesday and will likely be released by Wednesday, after serving just 19 months of a six-year sentence for illegal weapons possession, his attorney said.

The Supreme Court agreed to free Dutt pending its decision on an appeal of his sentence, his attorney Satish Maneshinde said, adding that prosecutors did not oppose the bail plea.

Dutt was sentenced to six years in prison in July for possessing three automatic rifles and a pistol that had been supplied to him by men subsequently convicted in the 1993 Mumbai bombings, which killed 257 people.

He was originally arrested on suspicion of involvement in the bombings but was acquitted of terrorism and conspiracy charges.

Dutt has maintained he knew nothing about the bomb plot, claiming he got the guns to protect his family after receiving threats during sectarian riots in Mumbai. His mother is Muslim, and his father is Hindu.

He served 18 months in jail immediately after his 1994 arrest, and has spent the past month in prison in the western Indian city of Pune. Between his two stretches in prison he spent 12 years free on bail, when he starred in at least half of the 100-plus movies of his acting career.

His father, Sunil Dutt, and mother, Nargis Dutt, are also well-known Bollywood actors.