Mumbai: Actor Sanjay Dutt has been pronounced guilty in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.

Dutt has been found guilty under the Arms Act and not TADA.

In a major relief, while announcing the judgement Justice Kode said Dutt was not a "terrorist".

"During my reasoning, I have not found him (Sanjay) to be a terrorist," Judge P D Kode said in the open court.

Accepting Dutt's confession, Kode observed: "Considering matters in his confession and also taking into account certain admissions from other evidence, I accept the stand of Sanjay of acquiring and possessing weapons for self defence."

Dutt is likely to seek bail on Tuesday.

The well-loved actor of Munnabhai fame could get a maximum sentence of three years.

The primary charges against Sanjay Dutt include receiving some of the weapons used in the blasts from underworld don Abu Salem and keeping them at his residence.

Previously, Dutt had actually admitted to the charges in his confession which he made shortly after his arrest, but he later retracted. Claiming it was made under duress.