Terming the prosecution in the case as 'insensitive,' a bench comprising Chief Justice Swatanter Kumar and S C Dharmadhikari asked the police commissioner to explain certain 'loopholes' in the investigation.
On January 10, 1999, Sanjeev Nanda allegedly ran over six people with his black BMW while driving in an inebriated state.
After repeated adjournments and admonition by the court over missing statements of witnesses, the trial in the hit-and-run case against actor Salman Khan is set to resume from September 24 following production of the documents before a sessions court on Friday.
On June 4, the Bar Association had suspended the two senior lawyers for allegedly influencing the witness and had issued show-cause notices asking them why action should not be taken against them.
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A businessman, who mowed down seven labourers in drunken driving in Mumbai in 2006, was given an enhanced punishment of a three-year jail term by the Bombay high court, which said he "doesn't deserve sympathy."
He had ran over seven construction workers.
Sunil Kulkarni, a Mumbai-based trader and an eyewitness to the incident in which Sanjeev is facing trial along with three others, also said that he had given a different version about a particular point under police pressure.
Kulkarni also alleged that ACP Ranbeer Singh had beaten him mercilessly at Hauz Khas police station before the recording of his testimony in the court in 1999.
However, Khan and Anand washed their hands off the entire episode. In fact, Khan had sent a notice to the channel's chief editor ten days back explaining his position.
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Sunil Laxman Kulkarni, who was dropped as a witness by the prosecution after a volte-face at the outset of his testimony, has been recalled to record his statement afresh on May 14.
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He told the court that he had not seen the person on the wheel as he was hurt in the mishap and that passersby had surrounded him.
When the case came up for hearing, Justice A R Joshi was informed by Salman's lawyer Amit Desai that the 'paper book' (compilation of evidence and documents which is served to both the sides by the court) was not complete.
'He has got all the criteria that are good for running an NGO.' 'He is always doing charitable things.' 'To be a political leader you must have cunning to go for the seal.'
Deposing before Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Kumar, Kulkarni said it was a 'healthy and hefty' boy who had come out from the driving seat of the BMW car.
The two will not appear in court on June 29.
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The twins are grief-stricken and are praying for his well-being.
The firebrand MNS leader also alleged that the BJP-led governments at the Centre and state wanted "riots to break out in the country".
Ravindra Patil, his former bodyguard and prime witness in the hit-and-run case said during cross-examination that he had cautioned Salman not to drive in a rash manner or else he would meet with an accident but the actor did not heed his advise.
Patil's deposition is considered significant because he is not only an eyewitness but also the complainant.
Shashikala Bhagwan Gangurde has filed the petition in the Bombay high court on behalf of her husband as he languishes in prison awaiting bail for years
While Khan may worry about his fate, industry experts feel the verdict will not affect his career.
Ravindra Patil, an eyewitness in the case, was accompanying Salman when the actor met with the accident.\n\n
Patil has said that Salman Khan was not drunk.
police have returned the actor's passport, which would enable him to go abroad for a film-shoot.
Salman had initially pleaded for holding the entire trial in-camera, but later changed his plea to in-camera deposition of only the main witness, constable Ravindra Patil.
Initially facing two years jail, the actor was hit with a stricter legal provision following a public outcry, reports Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
No tears were shed in the court-room when the superstar was convicted in a hit-and-run case. But there were plenty of Bollywood moments, reports Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com.
The judge also expressed doubts over the statement of eyewitness Ravindra Patil, former police bodyguard of the actor, recorded by a magistrate, in which he had implicated the actor.
Acting on a Maharashtra government plea, Principal Judge R R Vachha transferred the case from Magistrate S Y\n\nSishode's court to that of Additional Chief Magistrate J B Pankhe.
It wants the actor to be charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder in a hit-and-run case he is facing.
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