MUMBA: A trial in the hit-and-run case involving actor Salman Khan is expected to commence before a sessions court on Wednesday. The court had earlier ordered for a fresh trial in the case. The new trial will require that witnesses and evidence be examined again.
The Bollywood superstar — who is accused of driving an SUV onto five sleeping men in 2002 — had to face a fresh trial after prosecutors succeeded in substituting the charge of 'causing death by negligence' with the graver 'culpable homicide not amounting to murder'. The new charge attracts a maximum penalty of 10 years' jail.
The trial had commenced before the magistrate court in 2006. Over the years, the prosecution had examined 17 out of 39 witnesses. Among them was the complainant, police constable Ravindra Patil, who was assigned to protect Khan after the actor complained of underworld threats.
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