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2002 hit-and-run case: More trouble for Salman Khan, 4th witness says actor was 'drunk'
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MUMBAI: In more trouble for actor Salman Khan, the fourth witness in the 2002 hit-and-run case has identified the actor and said that he was drunk on the night of the incident.
The witness who worked in a bar claimed Salman along with his friends had ordered drinks on the night of the accident.
Earlier on Monday, Salman Khan arrived at the Mumbai sessions court for hearing of the case related to a threat complaint made by one of the eyewitnesses in the 2002 hit-and-run case allegedly involving the actor, ANI reported.
On May 6, one of the prosecution witnesses in the 2002 hit and run case identified him as the person who had exited from car in a drunk state and escaped from the mishap site.
Samba Gowda, who was the first witness to depose in the court, had said he had drawn a panchnama of the articles seized by police on the day of the incident on September 28, 2002.
The witness had told prosecutor Jagannath Kenjalkar that it was a big car involved in the accident and said police had reached the spot along with him. He had said the car had rammed into a shop and its bumper had hit the shutter of the shop.
The actor is accused of culpable homicide not amounting to murder after he drove his SUV on to a pavement in Bandra, killing one person and leaving four injured.
On December 5 last year, the court had ordered a fresh trial on the ground that the witnesses had not been examined in the context of aggravated charge of culpable homicide, which was invoked against the actor midway through the case.
The charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder attracts a 10-year sentence. The actor had earlier been tried by a magistrate for a lesser offence of causing death by negligence, which entailed an imprisonment of two years.
So far, 17 witnesses have been examined in connection with the 12-year-old case.
(With inputs from ANI)
The witness who worked in a bar claimed Salman along with his friends had ordered drinks on the night of the accident.
Earlier on Monday, Salman Khan arrived at the Mumbai sessions court for hearing of the case related to a threat complaint made by one of the eyewitnesses in the 2002 hit-and-run case allegedly involving the actor, ANI reported.
On May 6, one of the prosecution witnesses in the 2002 hit and run case identified him as the person who had exited from car in a drunk state and escaped from the mishap site.
Samba Gowda, who was the first witness to depose in the court, had said he had drawn a panchnama of the articles seized by police on the day of the incident on September 28, 2002.
The witness had told prosecutor Jagannath Kenjalkar that it was a big car involved in the accident and said police had reached the spot along with him. He had said the car had rammed into a shop and its bumper had hit the shutter of the shop.
The actor is accused of culpable homicide not amounting to murder after he drove his SUV on to a pavement in Bandra, killing one person and leaving four injured.
On December 5 last year, the court had ordered a fresh trial on the ground that the witnesses had not been examined in the context of aggravated charge of culpable homicide, which was invoked against the actor midway through the case.
The charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder attracts a 10-year sentence. The actor had earlier been tried by a magistrate for a lesser offence of causing death by negligence, which entailed an imprisonment of two years.
So far, 17 witnesses have been examined in connection with the 12-year-old case.
(With inputs from ANI)
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