With witnesses disappearing and turning hostile, the verdict on the case is still on hold
MUMBAI: During the wee hours of September 28, 2002, Salman Khan who was returning from a party, lost control of his Toyota land cruiser and ran over five people who were sleeping outside the American Express bakery in Bandra. While one person died on the spot, four others suffered injuries. The case is now hanging with the actor’s bodyguard having absconded and a key witness turning hostile.
Still baking…
Sep 28, 2002— Salman Khan is accused of rash driving which kills one person and injures four others. Is arrested and later released on bail
Sep 30— State govt orders for high—level inquiry
Oct 2— Blood samples of the actor reveal that alcohol level was “double the permissible limit”
Oct 7— Actor is charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder
Oct 21— Police file chargesheet even as a magistrate remands the actor to judicial custody
Oct 24— Salman is released from Thane jail
Apr 28, 2003— Prosecution files nine charges against the actor
Sep 3— HC drops charges but orders that he be tried for rash and negligent driving
Nov 16— Local court exempts Salman from appearing on the case
Apr 5, 2004— Salman opposes the appeal filed by Maharashtra government
May 2— Sessions court frames ten charges, including culpable homicide not amounting to murder, against Salman Khan but the star pleads not guilty
May 13— A special court directs the police to return the Toyota land cruiser seized from the actor’s possession
May 26, 2005 — Salman appears before a magistrate
Jun 10— HC allows his plea for permanent exemption from appearance in connection with the case
Nov 7— SC dismisses his plea for an in-camera deposition
Mar 13, 2006— Ravindra Patil, former bodyguard of Salman and an eyewitness is remanded to judicial custody
Mar 31— A local court discharges five witnesses after prosecution says it does not wish to examine them
May 12— Four key witnesses disappear from their homes
Jun 29— A key witness, Mohammed Muslim Niyat Shaikh disowns having seen the actor getting down from the driver’s seat of the car
Dec 20— Mohammed Shaikh is declared hostile
