Judge AR Joshi continuing his dictation in the hit and run case where Salman Khan has been convicted for five years. Highlights of what Judge Joshi is saying in court now.


-- Salman Khan's bodyguard, Ravindra Patil, said in court that he does not remember his interview to Mid Day of September 29, 2002, in which he had described what had happened.

-- Asked whether Salman Khan threatened him when he told him not to drive at 90 kmph, Patil said he does not remember.

(Ravindra Patil passed away in 2007)

-- The Mid Day reporter was also not brought to court by the prosecution.

-- Dealing with the death of Nurulla Mehboob Khan in the drunk driving case, the judge noted that a crane was brought to lift the vehicle, which had rammed into the platform, and to place it aside so that the injured could be extricated.

-- The argument of the appellant was that Nurullah's death was caused by the crane which fell on him. Column 17 of the submission shows multiple injuries and all internal organs crushed.

-- Why did Salman Khan run away from the scene of the accident?

-- Apellant said a mob came with rods and other articles, it was furious and the appellant feared there could be a law and order situation.

-- Which was why Salman Khan could not take the accident victims for medical help, an obligation under the Motor Vehicles Act. So even this charge cannot be sustained in this case.

-- The perception of the public has to be proved in a court of law, and the burden on the prosecution cannot be forgotten.

-- Prosecution has failed to establish its case on all the charges, so the benefit of the doubt must be given to the accused, says the judge.