A court in Mumbai will soon announce its ruling on superstar Salman Khan's appeal against his conviction in the 2002 hit-and-run case, in which he was found guilty of running over pavement dwellers with his SUV after a night out drinking.


While we wait for that, the Bombay High Court today questioned the credibility of a key witness for the prosecution - Salman Khan's bodyguard Ravindra Patil -- who had said that he was driving drunk and had ignored warnings.

"If witness is partly reliable then corroboration is required. Ravindra Patil cannot be considered as a wholly reliable witness," the court said, asserting that the lower court had made a mistake by admitting his statement.  The court also said that no one except Ravindra Patil had said that Salman was driving the car during the accident.


In May this year, the actor was sentenced by a lower court to five years in jail after being convicted of "culpable homicide not amounting to murder". The actor then appealed against the conviction in the Bombay High Court, which suspended his sentence.

Pic: Salman Khan's bodyguard, Ravindra Patil, who passed away in 2007.