Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s hearing of the appeal
against 2002 hit-and-run case started in the Bombay High Court today and his
lawyer argued that the trial court made a mistake in holding that the actor himself
was in the driving seat.
Salman Khan was found guilty in 2002 hit-and-run case and was
sentenced five years of imprisonment on May 6. He was charged with culpable homicide not
amounting to murder in the accident in which he rammed his car into a shop in
suburban Bandra on September 28, 2002, killing one person and injuring four,
sleeping on the pavement.
Salman's lawyer Amit Desai also said to the court that the lower court
incorrectly dismissed Salman’s defence, his driver Ashok Singh who said that he
was driving the car and not the actor. Desai also said that the prosecution had
also failed to prove that the actor was drunk before the accident.
Advocate Desai also claimed that Patil, singer Kamaal Khan and Ashok Singh
(driver) were in the car when the mishap occurred but police chose to accept
Patil's statement though he was no more and not available for
cross-examination.
Desai also argued that the court did not feel the need to examine Ashok
Singh, who claimed to have caused the accident and instead they sidelined him
saying that after 13 years he got up and spoke in favour of the actor to defend
him. But the fact is that a defence witness can only step into the witness box
only after the prosecution's case is over, Desai argued.
The lawyer also brought into light the defence theory that a burst tyre
caused the accident.
Advocate
Desai tells the court that the prosecution also failed to prove that Salman had
consumed alcohol at two bars before the mishap occurred. During interrogation,
the waiter at the bar had only said that he had seen the actor holding a glass
of colourless liquid and it could be anything, just water.
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