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Hit-and-run case: Salman Khan pleads not guilty to culpable homicide charge, next hearing on August 19

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JULY 24- A Mumbai sessions court on Wednesday framed charges of culpable homicide against actor Salman Khan in the 2002 hit-and-run case. The actor pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Salman stood in the accused’s spot this time, last time he was asked by the magistrate to stand in the box instead of sitting with witnesses.

Salman_Khan_13Jan12BThe case saw a bizarre turn with the magistrate saying he got his transfer orders this morning and would not be hearing the case.

The magistrate exempted 47-year-old Salman from daily appearances but said he should be present in court when required without any ifs and buts.

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Salman’s lawyer had asked the court for the exemption till mid-September as he has to travel abroad for shooting films. Though the public prosecutor opposed it, the court granted the exemption.

The prosecution lawyers also said the charges should be filed on Wednesday since they cannot be framed in the absence of the accused following which the charges were framed.

Earlier, a magistrate’s court had ruled that the actor will face a fresh trial under the more serious charge of culpable homicide not

amounting to murder. If found guilty, he could face up to 10 years in jail.

So far, the actor has been tried for a lesser offence of causing death by rash and negligent driving the maximum punishment for which is only two years in jail. But prosecutors filed an application for the charges to be upgraded, which the court upheld in June.

Salman’s Land Cruiser, allegedly driven by him, crushed a group of people sleeping on the pavement outside a bakery in suburban Bandra in the wee hours of September 28, 2002.

INDIA TODAY

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