Mismatch in quantity of Salman's blood samples alleges lawyer

October 12, 2015 19:41

The lawyer of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, who was given a five-year sentence in 2002 hit-and-run case, today alleged in the Bombay High Court that there were several discrepencies in the collection of the actor's blood samples and its examination.

The lawyer said the quantity of blood taken at the hospital did not match with the one received by a forensic lab for examination.

"Blood extracted by PW-20 (Dr Shashikant Pawar, Medical Officer at JJ Hospital in Mumbai) was 6 ml, which was stored in two vials of 3 ml each. However, PW-18 (Dattatray Bhalshankar, chemical analyser at Forensic Lab in Kalina) found 4 ml of blood only in one vial," Salman's lawyer Amit Desai told Justice A R Joshi of the Bombay high court.

The high court is hearing an appeal filed by the actor against his conviction in which he has been found guilty of ramming his car into a shop in suburban Bandra on September 28, 2002, killing one person and injuring four who were sleeping on pavement.

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