The Supreme Court will hear on Friday the petition filed by actor Sanjay Dutt, sentenced to six years' imprisonment in connection with the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, seeking interim bail.

Senior advocate Fali S Nariman mentioned the matter before a Bench headed by Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan, which agreed to his plea for hearing Dutt's bail application on August 10.

Nariman said the actor has been taken into custody even without serving him the copy of the judgement, which found him guilty under the Arms Act.

Dutt had on Tuesday filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging his conviction by the TADA court in the case, saying he was held guilty on a very weak piece of evidence.