A lengthy court case is enough to make anyone stressed,throw in a family dispute regarding ones current love interest, and it can be certain it would take the best out of the average person.

But we are not talking about the average person, we are talking about Sanjay Dutt, and all these things together have taken their toll on Sanjay's health. The actor is apparently suffering the ill effects stress can cause.

A very close friends states that Dutt is in acute pain due to a serious back problem. "Two of the bones in his vertebrae have collapsed suddenly. Sanju had to have them attended to immediately. Now he needs to go for physiotherapy every afternoon to Nanavati hospital which is a good forty-five minutes away from his home…. That's some more pressure on Sanju's already-awry schedules and also on his troubled health. That isn't the end of his troubles. To add to his timetable pressures, Sanju is shooting nights for Indra Kumar's Dhamaal. He isn't getting enough sleep. And we're all very worried about his health. He gets up tired and goes through his chaotic routine and pretends to be funny during nights. It isn't healthy."

If this wasn't bad enough, according to close friends the court's verdict on his bomb-blast case is not Dutt's only stress factor these days.

"But yes, Sanju feels stories about him buying a new Ferrari when the car has been in his garage for two years, aren't helping his cause. The news item had really stressed him out. We had to ask him to calm down. The worst blow was when a section of the media wrote about another bomb accused getting a sentence of rigorous-imprisonment. Sanju felt these reports were unfairly comparing his case to the convicted man's case. He thought the media's implied contention that Sanju too should get just as harsh a sentence was too harsh on him. We agree. Sanju has suffered enough. And he needs to settle down in life."

TO top it all, the home front is not the most peaceful place apparently. According to friends his family are strongly against his new lady-love, Manyata. "Sanju can't bear to see his sisters upset. But he won't give up Manyata," says the friend. "We're really worried about Sanju's stress level. Anything can happen."