Mumbai, Oct 21: A local court today exempted Bollywood actor Salman Khan from appearance in a hit-and-run case and deferred to November 18 the trial in which he is charged with killing one person and injuring four. On a plea made by Salman's lawyer Dipesh Mehta, magistrate S Y Sishode exempted the actor for the day.


Prosecutor Rajan Khandekar informed the court that he was ready for the trial and three witnesses had been summoned to the court.


However, he urged for adjournment of the case as the Maharashtra government had filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging an order of the Mumbai High Court which dropped the charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder framed against Salman.

The court deferred the matter to November 18 after Salman's lawyer consented to the adjournment.

The magistrate's court would prefer to wait the decision of the Supreme Court on the law point on whether the offence allegedly committed by the actor fell within the scope and ambit of Section 304 (2) IPC, culpable homicide not amounting to murder which attracts ten years jail term.

On October 6, a magistrate framed ten charges against Salman Khan, a year after he killed one person and injured four by ramming his vehicle into a bakery.
The actor pleaded not guilty to all the charges framed against him under provisions of IPC, Motor Vehicles Act and Bombay Prohibition Act and said he was ready to face trial.
Bureau Report