Mumbai, July 08: Mumbai High Court would hear tomorrow an appeal filed by actor Salman Khan praying for quashing a lower court order which had found him prima facie guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder in a hit-and-run case and rejected his plea to drop the charge. Salman's appeal was to be heard today by Justice V M Kanade but he took up pending matters of yesterday's board.

The actor is defended by Ashok Mundargi and Sirish Gupte while the state is represented by prosecutor Sayaji Shinde.

Salman is facing the charge of killing one person and injuring four others by ramming his vehicle into a shop on September 28 last year in suburban Bandra.

On May 2, a sessions court had held Salman prima facie guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and rejected his plea to drop the charge before framing charges against him. The actor had pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The judge had held that Salman appeared to be prima facie guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder as he had the knowledge that rash and negligent driving may kill people.

Salman had opposed the charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder which attracts maximum punishment of ten years in jail. He argued that the case was that of rash and negligent driving for which the maximum punishment prescribed under IPC was two years.

Bureau Report