2002 hit-and-run case: Court summons Salman Khan
December 03, 2012 21:27
A Mumbai court has issued summons to Salman Khan and a police officer to appear on December 27 to answer charges of giving false information and producing wrong witnesses as a result of which the trial in a hit-and-run case involving the actor was delayed by around five years.
The summons was issued by the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of the ninth court at suburban Bandra who heard a complaint filed by social worker Santosh Daundkar.
The complaint alleged that on the basis of false information given by the police, a wrong set of doctors were examined in court during the trial. As these doctors were not concerned with the case, they were either discharged or were not examined, and as a result, the trial was delayed.
The complaint also urged the court to order an inquiry into the charges of deliberately giving false information as a result of which the trial was unnecessary delayed. It also said that giving false information to the court was an offence and this was done by the police at the behest of the actor.
On September 28, 2002, Salman Khan's Toyota Land Cruiser had rammed into a bakery in suburban Bandra, killing one and injuring four others who were sleeping on a pavement.
The actor was booked on a charge of culpable homicide, not amounting to murder. However, he said that it was merely an accident and he did not have any intention to kill anyone.
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