Mumbai:
A Mumbai court is today likely to decide whether actor Salman Khan should be tried for culpable homicide not amounting to murder in the infamous 2002 hit-and-run case involving the actor.
If convicted for this charge, Salman Khan faces a 10-year jail term.
The 47-year-old 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 had provided evidence that merits trying the actor for culpable homicide.
Salman Khan had in March appealed against a lower court's order for his retrial in the case under the stringent charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. In his petition, Salman Khan has called the magistrate's order "bad in law" and "erroneous".
One person was killed and four others were injured when an SUV ran over a group of people sleeping on the pavement outside a bakery in suburban Bandra on September 28, 2002.
If convicted for this charge, Salman Khan faces a 10-year jail term.
The 47-year-old 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 had provided evidence that merits trying the actor for culpable homicide.
Salman Khan had in March appealed against a lower court's order for his retrial in the case under the stringent charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. In his petition, Salman Khan has called the magistrate's order "bad in law" and "erroneous".
One person was killed and four others were injured when an SUV ran over a group of people sleeping on the pavement outside a bakery in suburban Bandra on September 28, 2002.
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