Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com, says Salman Khan is expected in court betwee 1 pm and 1:30 pm. The court will reconvene in a short while.


Yesterday, the Bombay high court said it has "come to the conclusion that the prosecution has failed to bring material on record to establish beyond reasonable doubt that the appellant (Salman Khan) was driving and under the influence of alcohol, also, whether the accident occurred due to bursting (of tyre) prior to the incident or tyre burst after the incident ..."


The court also observed that Khan's former, now late, police body guard, the first informant in the 2002 case against the actor, who was in the vehicle and the crucial witness on whose testimony and "improved statement'' of "Salman's speeding" the prosecution had rested its case, was "not a wholly reliable witness''.