Bombay High Court Puts Stay On Salman Khan's Jail Sentence In the Hit-and-Run Case

The Bombay High Court has today suspended actor Salman Khan's five years jail sentence in the infamous 2002 hit-and-run case.  

With this ruling, the Bollywood superstar will not have to go to jail. However, he will have to visit the Sessions court where he will have to fill fresh bail bond because his two-day interim bail expires today.   

Further details are yet to come to light.

Two days back, Mumbai Sessions Court found Khan guilty of culpable homicide and gave him a five-year jail term. However, the High Court granted him interim bail for two days on the same day.

On 28 September 2002 at around four in the night, his car allegedly collided into a bakery and ran over a few people sleeping on the footpath, killing one and injuring four others.

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Every nook and corner of the Mumbai sessions court has been flooded with police personnel as the court is set to pronounce the verdict toady in Salman Khan's 2002 hit-and-run case, which took a life and injured several.

Salman Khan's family has been offering prayers through the last night at his residence in Galaxy apartment in Bardra ahead of the looming guilty-verdict.  

 

His father Salim Khan said, "We are all eagerly waiting for the verdict and we hope all will go well." A family source said that the actor's mother Salma has been visiting temples for the last few days. 

Khan has returned to Mumbai from Jammu and Kashmir where he had been shooting for his home production 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan'; the movie is expected to release in July this year.

The Judge D W Deshpande has summoned Khan to be present at the court at 11:15 AM when the verdict is expected to be pronounced in the 12-years-old case.

Khan, 49, is facing charges under IPC for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, and if proven guilty, he can be sentenced to a maximum of 10-years imprisonment.

On 28 September 2002 at around two in the night, his car allegedly collided into a bakery in suburban Bandra killing one and injuring four others.\

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