Relief for Salman as court defers hearing
26 March 2013 11:45 PM GMT
Hearing of the 2002 hit-and-run case involving Salman Khan was on Monday deferred to 8 April by a sessions court which accepted his lawyer’s plea for time to file a document even as the actor did not make a personal appearance.
The actor, who had returned from the US in the early hours on Sunday, was widely expected to appear before the court since it was the first day of hearing in the case, which has already been tried by a magistrate’s court.
The actor’s return from the US, just a day ahead of hearing, had fuelled speculation in the media that he would make a personal appearance.
Sessions court Judge U B Hejib said he will first hear the actor’s appeal challenging the order of Bandra Magistrate invoking the charge of 'culpable homicide not amounting to murder’, a serious offence under IPC which attracts maximum punishment up to ten years.
A lawyer appeared on behalf of Salman's senior counsel Ashok Mundargi and sought time to file certain documents which he did not specify. Accepting his prayer, the court adjourned the hearing for two weeks.
Sessions Judge U B Hejib said he would decide Salman's revision application (appeal) on April 8 before hearing the hit-and-run case in which the actor is facing charges of running his car over people sleeping on a footpath, killing one and injuring four.
After hearing the arguments, the court may either reject Salman’s appeal and go ahead with the trial or refer the matter back to the magistrate and ask him to conduct the case, legal sources told.
The actor, who had returned from the US in the early hours on Sunday, was widely expected to appear before the court since it was the first day of hearing in the case, which has already been tried by a magistrate’s court.
The actor’s return from the US, just a day ahead of hearing, had fuelled speculation in the media that he would make a personal appearance.
Sessions court Judge U B Hejib said he will first hear the actor’s appeal challenging the order of Bandra Magistrate invoking the charge of 'culpable homicide not amounting to murder’, a serious offence under IPC which attracts maximum punishment up to ten years.
A lawyer appeared on behalf of Salman's senior counsel Ashok Mundargi and sought time to file certain documents which he did not specify. Accepting his prayer, the court adjourned the hearing for two weeks.
Sessions Judge U B Hejib said he would decide Salman's revision application (appeal) on April 8 before hearing the hit-and-run case in which the actor is facing charges of running his car over people sleeping on a footpath, killing one and injuring four.
After hearing the arguments, the court may either reject Salman’s appeal and go ahead with the trial or refer the matter back to the magistrate and ask him to conduct the case, legal sources told.
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