Salman Khan’s ‘hit and run’ case to resume
The actor’s car had allegedly mowed down five pavement dwellers, killing one and injuring four in September 2002.
MUMBAI:
Following the production of the “missing” case papers in the Salman Khan hit-and-run case, the trial against the actor will resume before the sessions court here from September 24.
The prosecution on Friday informed the court that all the original documents — barring one — pertaining to witness statements and case diaries “missing” since the past few months have been found.
Salman Khan’s car had allegedly mowed down five pavement dwellers, killing one and injuring four others outside a baker in suburban Bandra, on September 28, 2002.
Producing the 63 documents, the prosecution also assured sessions judge DW Deshpande that the single missing document would also be traced soon.
The prosecution had informed the court of the missing documents first in July following which the case was adjourned till August.
In August, the prosecution again expressed helplessness by saying that the documents and case diaries could not be traced.
After reprimanding the prosecution, the judge ordered the police to trace all the missing papers at the earliest date to enable the trial to recommence.
Khan’s lawyer Shrikant Shivade had contended that the trial could not be continued without the original documents, while the prosecution countered by saying that it could proceed with true copies which were available.
Meanwhile, Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria ordered a probe and finally the missing documents were recovered from the Bandra Police Station on August 26.
When newly-appointed public prosecution Pradeep Gharat produced the documents before the court, judge Deshpande took them on record and directed him to proceed with the examination of witnesses from September 24.
Till date, 11 witnesses have already deposed in the case before the instance of missing documents came to the fore.
On December 5 last year, the sessions court had ordered a fresh trial on grounds that the witnesses had not been examined in the context of the enhanced charge of “culpable homicide not amounting to murder” slapped on the actor by a magistrate court.
The magistrate had earlier tried him on the less serious offence of causing “death by negligence” which attracts a two-year jail term, but midway during the trial, the charge of “culpable homicide not amounting to murder”, which carried a 10-year sentence, was added.
The ruling by the lower court came after examining 17 witnesses and the matter was transferred to the session’s court.
On the other hand Khan is gearing up for Big Boss 8, which is based on an aviation theme .
“As a captain you will keep a check on the passengers’ safety and wellbeing, week on week, to ensure that the journey is smooth yet not so smooth in this whirlwind voyage. I can only advise the passengers to stay calm and collected as patience, tolerance, tact and trust are the only tools that will control the turbulence,” said Salman in an interview.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 14th, 2014.
Following the production of the “missing” case papers in the Salman Khan hit-and-run case, the trial against the actor will resume before the sessions court here from September 24.
The prosecution on Friday informed the court that all the original documents — barring one — pertaining to witness statements and case diaries “missing” since the past few months have been found.
Salman Khan’s car had allegedly mowed down five pavement dwellers, killing one and injuring four others outside a baker in suburban Bandra, on September 28, 2002.
Producing the 63 documents, the prosecution also assured sessions judge DW Deshpande that the single missing document would also be traced soon.
The prosecution had informed the court of the missing documents first in July following which the case was adjourned till August.
In August, the prosecution again expressed helplessness by saying that the documents and case diaries could not be traced.
After reprimanding the prosecution, the judge ordered the police to trace all the missing papers at the earliest date to enable the trial to recommence.
Khan’s lawyer Shrikant Shivade had contended that the trial could not be continued without the original documents, while the prosecution countered by saying that it could proceed with true copies which were available.
Meanwhile, Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria ordered a probe and finally the missing documents were recovered from the Bandra Police Station on August 26.
When newly-appointed public prosecution Pradeep Gharat produced the documents before the court, judge Deshpande took them on record and directed him to proceed with the examination of witnesses from September 24.
Till date, 11 witnesses have already deposed in the case before the instance of missing documents came to the fore.
On December 5 last year, the sessions court had ordered a fresh trial on grounds that the witnesses had not been examined in the context of the enhanced charge of “culpable homicide not amounting to murder” slapped on the actor by a magistrate court.
The magistrate had earlier tried him on the less serious offence of causing “death by negligence” which attracts a two-year jail term, but midway during the trial, the charge of “culpable homicide not amounting to murder”, which carried a 10-year sentence, was added.
The ruling by the lower court came after examining 17 witnesses and the matter was transferred to the session’s court.
On the other hand Khan is gearing up for Big Boss 8, which is based on an aviation theme .
“As a captain you will keep a check on the passengers’ safety and wellbeing, week on week, to ensure that the journey is smooth yet not so smooth in this whirlwind voyage. I can only advise the passengers to stay calm and collected as patience, tolerance, tact and trust are the only tools that will control the turbulence,” said Salman in an interview.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 14th, 2014.