Mumbai, Sept 09: Film actor Salman Khan has urged a
sessions court to transfer the hit-and-run case to a
magistrate for trial in view of Mumbai High Court dropping the
charge of "culpable homicide not amounting to murder" framed
against him by a lower court.
Salman's lawyer Dipesh Mehta moved a petition in this
regard yesterday before principal judge A K Dholakia who will
give his ruling tomorrow.
The actor is expected to appear before the court
tomorrow as on the last occasion the judge had pulled him up
for not appearing and sternly warned that his absence would
not be accepted on the next date.
Salman had rammed his vehicle into a bakery on September
28 last year killing one person and injuring four others.
Initially, he was charged with rash and negligent driving but
due to public outcry the state charged him with more serious
offence of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
Rash and negligent driving attracts maximum two years
imprisonment and is tried by a magistrate while culpable
homicide not amounting to murder provides for maximum ten
years jail term and is tried by a sessions court. In view of
the high court dropping the latter charge, Salman has moved
a sessions court seeking transfer of the case to a magistrate.
Bureau Report
