Actor Sanjay Dutt was forced to spend another day in jail as the formalities for his release in the Special TADA court here took a whole day on Wednesday.

Though the Supreme Court granted Dutt interim bail on Monday, his lawyers managed to procure a certified copy of the order only on Tuesday evening. The order, along with the bail bond of Rs 5 lakh, was submitted to the court on Wednesday. Two of Dutt’s closest friends, Pankaj Karbanda and film producer Nitin Manmohan, were present in the court to stand as sureties. The court staff then had to prepare a memo stating that Dutt had completed his legal formalities.

Dutt’s lawyers will reach Yerawada jail at 11 am on Thursday. “We will go to Yerawada jail with the court order and the memo tomorrow morning at 11. The jail authorities can release him any time between 12 pm and 5 pm,” said his lawyer, Satish Maneshinde.

Meanwhile, the court staff are also doing their bit to ensure Dutt’s release. “As per procedure, we will fax a copy of the memo and the order to the Yerawada jail on Thursday morning,” said deputy registrar V V Gavas.

The other blasts accused who were granted interim bail by the SC—Zaibunnisa Kadri, Yusuf Nullwala, Aziz Ahmed, Sameer Hingora and Ibrahim Musa Chauhan alias Baba Chauhan—also paid their bail bonds on Wednesday.