Salman Khan hit-and-run case: Verdict to be pronounced on May 6

A sessions court will pronounce the judgment in the 2002 alleged hit and run case involving actor Salman Khan on may 6 Judge D W Deshpande announced the date before a packed court room today.

The announcement follows the culmination of a trial that commenced in April last year. Khan will have to be present on the day of judgement.

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Section 304 Part II (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) , the enhanced charge under which Khan was tried carries a maximum sentence of upto ten year’s imprisonment.

While special public prosecutor Pradeep Gharat has examined 27 witnesses with one turning hostile, defence advocate Srikant Shivde presented one defence witness Ashok Singh, who gave an altogether new twist to the case. Singh, Khan’s driver, told the court last month that it was him and not the actor behind the wheel on the intervening night of September 28, 2002, when one person was killed and four others injured.

Singh’s revelation came just after Khan took a similar stand during his statement before the court. Khan who is alleged to have been driving drunk also told the court that he had only been drinking water during his visit to Rain Bar and J W Marriot, hours before the incident. The chemical analyser in the case had earlier told the court that his blood tested positive for alcohol which was more than double the permissible limit.

TOI | Apr 21, 2015

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