The prosecution today sought the conviction of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan on the charge of culpable homicide in the 2002 hit-and-run case in which he has been accused of ramming his car into a shop killing one person and injuring four others who were sleeping outside.

Khan was under the influence of liquor and was driving without a licence....therefore, he had knowledge and intention that his rash and negligent act might cause a serious mishap and result in death of people, Public Prosecutor Pradeep Gharat argued in the court of Sessions Judge D W Deshpande.

The charge of culpable homicide attracts punishment up to 10 years.

The actor had sufficient knowledge and intention that by driving under the influence of liquor and without a licence it would cause death of people, the prosecutor submitted while summing up final arguments. Knowledge and intention are the essential ingredients of the charge of 'culpable homicide not amounting to murder', Gharat said and cited three judgements to argue that this charge was made out against the accused.

The verdicts cited by him to fix Salman Khan on this charge are Mumbai's Alistair Pereira Judgement of 2006, Delhi's Sanjeev Nanda BMW hit-and-run case of 1999 and Naresh Singh versus State of Madhya Pradesh.

The prosecutor said all these cases have a glaring similarity with the Salman Khan hit-and-run case.