One person was killed and four injured when a Land Cruiser, allegedly driven by Salman Khan, ran over people sleeping on pavement outside a bakery in Bandra in 2002.
Mumbai:
Bollywood actor Salman Khan isall set to appear in person before a Sessions Court here inthe 2002 hit-and-run case on March 25.
He would return from the USA tonight and appear beforethe Court on Monday, sources close to the superstar told PTI.
The case would come up for the first time before theSessions Court after a Magistrate transferred the matter tothat Court by charging the actor with a more serious charge of'culpable homicide not amounting to murder'.
Along with the prosecution's case against Salman, thecourt would also hear his appeal against the Magistrate'sorder, invoking the charge of 'culpable homicide not amountingto murder' against him which attracts a punishment upto tenyears in prison.
Sessions Judge U B Hejib has scheduled the hearing forMarch 25, and the 47-year-old had been asked to be present onthat day, the sources said.
It would be Salman's first appearance before theSessions court after Bandra Magistrate's court referred thecase to the Sessions Court (because the offence he is nowcharged with is serious).
Earlier, the Magistrate had asked Salman to appearbefore the Sessions court on March 11, but he did not go tothe court that day as the case was yet to be assigned to anyjudge.
Sources said as there would be a fresh trial, evidenceproduced before the Magistrate's court would not beconsidered and prosecution may have to adduce evidence afresh.
One person was killed and four injured when a LandCruiser, allegedly driven by Salman, ran over people sleepingon pavement outside a bakery in suburban Bandra in the weehours of September 28, 2002.
On March 8, advocate Ashok Mundargi, Salman's lawyer,had urged the Sessions court to hear the main case against theactor and his appeal against Magistrate's order invoking thecharge of 'culpable homicide not amounting to murder'(section304 part II of IPC) simultaneously.
The trial before the Magistrate was proceeding on thelesser charge of 'causing death by negligence' (section 304 Aof Indian Penal Code), which attracts maximum punishment oftwo years in jail.
After examining 17 witnesses, the Magistrate concludedthat the charge of 'culpable homicide not amounting to murder'was prima facie made out against the actor.
He would return from the USA tonight and appear beforethe Court on Monday, sources close to the superstar told PTI.
The case would come up for the first time before theSessions Court after a Magistrate transferred the matter tothat Court by charging the actor with a more serious charge of'culpable homicide not amounting to murder'.
Along with the prosecution's case against Salman, thecourt would also hear his appeal against the Magistrate'sorder, invoking the charge of 'culpable homicide not amountingto murder' against him which attracts a punishment upto tenyears in prison.
Sessions Judge U B Hejib has scheduled the hearing forMarch 25, and the 47-year-old had been asked to be present onthat day, the sources said.
It would be Salman's first appearance before theSessions court after Bandra Magistrate's court referred thecase to the Sessions Court (because the offence he is nowcharged with is serious).
Earlier, the Magistrate had asked Salman to appearbefore the Sessions court on March 11, but he did not go tothe court that day as the case was yet to be assigned to anyjudge.
Sources said as there would be a fresh trial, evidenceproduced before the Magistrate's court would not beconsidered and prosecution may have to adduce evidence afresh.
One person was killed and four injured when a LandCruiser, allegedly driven by Salman, ran over people sleepingon pavement outside a bakery in suburban Bandra in the weehours of September 28, 2002.
On March 8, advocate Ashok Mundargi, Salman's lawyer,had urged the Sessions court to hear the main case against theactor and his appeal against Magistrate's order invoking thecharge of 'culpable homicide not amounting to murder'(section304 part II of IPC) simultaneously.
The trial before the Magistrate was proceeding on thelesser charge of 'causing death by negligence' (section 304 Aof Indian Penal Code), which attracts maximum punishment oftwo years in jail.
After examining 17 witnesses, the Magistrate concludedthat the charge of 'culpable homicide not amounting to murder'was prima facie made out against the actor.
