Salman Khan hit-and-run case: Found Guilty by the Court

Bringing to an end the 12-year-old trial against actor Salman Khan, Judge D W Deshpande on Wednesday told the actor that he was behind the wheel on that ill-fated night.

The judge told Salman that he was drunk and all charges against him have been proven. The quantum of the sentence is expected to be delivered today.

If Salman is sentenced for less than three years, he can approach the Sessions court for bail. If the sentence is more than three, Salman would have to approach the Bombay High Court.

However, the biggest huddle is that the high court goes on vacation next week. So the defense has an herculean task to file the application and get it on board for hearing. Khan can apply to the Holiday bench but its upon the bench to take it up or not.

Khan is accused of running over five persons sleeping on a platform outside a bakery in Bandra, in his white Land Cruiser, early September 28, 2002, killing one of them. Khan, according to the prosecution, was driving the car in an inebriated condition. The 49-year-old actor now stands guilty of culpable homicide.

The court will order him to be taken into custody and sent to the nearby jail ( in this case the Arthur Road jail) until the Maharashtra Prisons authorities decide on which jail Khan should be lodged in.

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Source:Indianexpress

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