Evidence of dead cop introduced late: Salman's lawyer to HC

October 15, 2015 20:13

Bollywood actor Salman Khan's lawyer today told the Bombay High Court that the prosecution had brought the evidence against the superstar in the 2002 hit-and-run case at the fag end of the trial as a last resort after other evidence fell apart.

The HC is hearing an appeal filed by Salman against the five-year sentence awarded to him by a sessions court on May 6 for ramming his car into a shop in suburban Bandra, killing one person and injuring four people who were sleeping outside.

The mishap had occurred on September 28, 2002. Amit Desai, arguing for 49-year-old actor, said "the only way to resurrect the case against Salman was to place the statement of late Ravindra Patil, the former police bodyguard of the actor, recorded by a magistrate."

In the statement on October 1, 2002, Patil had alleged that Salman was driving the car under the influence of liquor although in the FIR three days before that he had not uttered a word about the actor taking drinks, said Desai.

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