The Bombay High Court today observed that the prosecution has failed to establish the case against actor Salman Khan in connection with the 2002 hit-and-run case. The actor has been ordered to appear before it as it pronounces the final order. The court also observed that appreciation of evidence by trial court is not proper according to principles of jurisprudence. There has been a faulty manner to establish procedure for connecting chain of evidence with regard to biological evidence, the court added.
he popular actor was convicted of all charges by a sessions court earlier this year in the case relating to 2002 when Salman’s Toyota Land Cruiser had crashed into five men sleeping outside a bakery on Hill Road in Bandra in the early hours of September 28. One person was killed and four others were injured. But later, the Bombay HC suspended the sentence after the actor appealed against his conviction. On Wednesday, the HC said the prosecution had failed to bring material on record to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Salman was driving the car in the incident. The court also said the prosecution failed to convince the court that he was under the influence of alcohol. The court added that Ravindra Patil, who was Salman’s bodyguard when the incident happened, was a ‘wholly unreliable witness.’ Patil later died in 2007. On Monday, the court had observed that the evidence of those injured were not ‘devoid of discrepancies.’ Eyewitnesses had told the trial court that the actor was seen getting out of the driver’s side of the car. However, Salman’s lawyers had argued that it was driver Ashok Singh, and not the actor who was driving that night. The driver had also testified in court and Salman Khan had pleaded innocence. The verdict is expected to be pronounced in the case in a short while.
he popular actor was convicted of all charges by a sessions court earlier this year in the case relating to 2002 when Salman’s Toyota Land Cruiser had crashed into five men sleeping outside a bakery on Hill Road in Bandra in the early hours of September 28. One person was killed and four others were injured. But later, the Bombay HC suspended the sentence after the actor appealed against his conviction. On Wednesday, the HC said the prosecution had failed to bring material on record to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Salman was driving the car in the incident. The court also said the prosecution failed to convince the court that he was under the influence of alcohol. The court added that Ravindra Patil, who was Salman’s bodyguard when the incident happened, was a ‘wholly unreliable witness.’ Patil later died in 2007. On Monday, the court had observed that the evidence of those injured were not ‘devoid of discrepancies.’ Eyewitnesses had told the trial court that the actor was seen getting out of the driver’s side of the car. However, Salman’s lawyers had argued that it was driver Ashok Singh, and not the actor who was driving that night. The driver had also testified in court and Salman Khan had pleaded innocence. The verdict is expected to be pronounced in the case in a short while.
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