Mumbai:
The Mumbai Sessions court will today hear the case relating to the enhancement of charges against actor Salman Khan in the 2002 hit and run case.
The actor was earlier being tried for rash and negligent driving, which carries a maximum sentence of two years. However, in January the court handling his case accepted that the police has provided evidence that merits trying the actor for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, which attracts a punishment upto ten years in prison.
The magistrate had then transferred the matter to the Sessions Court as it didn't have the jurisdiction to hear the case.
Last month Salman Khan challenged the order and filed a revision petition, pleading that the more stringent charges be dropped. Today, along with the prosecution's case against the actor, the court will also hear his appeal against the Magistrate's order.
The case goes back to 2002, when the actor's SUV had run into a bakery in suburban Bandra, killing one and injuring four persons who were sleeping on the pavement outside.