Salman’s Plea Adjourned Till July 1

15 June,Mumbai

The Bombay High Court Monday adjourned till July 1, a criminal appeal filed by Bollywood superstar Salman Khan against his conviction in the hit-and-run case in which he was awarded a five-year jail sentence by a sessions court on May 6.

He was convicted on various counts, including ‘culpable homicide not amounting to murder’.

Salman’s plea came up for hearing before Justice A R Joshi, during which advocate Amit Desai, representing the actor, informed the court that the ‘paper book’ (i.e., compilation of evidence and documents,which is provided to both sides by the court) was not complete.

Following this, the court adjourned the hearing till July 1, and ordered that this task should be expeditiously completed and deferred the matter till next date.

Appearing on behalf of the Maharashtra government, Chief Public Prosecutor Shaji Shinde consented to the date fixed for the next hearing.

Salman’s sister Alvira was present during the proceedings.

As one may recall, on May 8, the High Court had stayed the execution of the 5-year sentence awarded to Salman in the 13-year-old case and granted him bail while admitting his appeal.

Salman had challenged the findings of the trial court that he was driving under the influence of liquor.

The actor had also pleaded that the trial court had wrongly convicted him under the culpable homicide charge, as he had no knowledge that he would meet with an accident.