Salman case: HC poses searching queries to prosecution

The Bombay High Court on Thursday raised several queries on the prosecution’s case and the method in which investigation was carried out against actor Salman Khan in the 2002 hit-and-run case, in which one person was killed and four were injured.

Justice AR Joshi is hearing an appeal filed by Khan, challenging a sessions court order of May 6 convicting him for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and sentenced him to five years in jail.

During prosecution lawyer Sandeep Shinde’s arguments, Justice Joshi asked several questions regarding who was driving the car and if the actor had consumed alcohol. While the prosecution has maintained that Khan was at the wheel, the actor in his defence had claimed that his driver Ashok Singh was driving the car.

When Shinde said the prosecution need not go into minute details, Justice Joshi said “when the prosecution and the investigating agency are not coming upto the standard to assist the court, then every minute detail has to be analysed”.