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Salman hit-and-run case: SC asks petitioner to approach appropriate bench

The Bollywood actor had subsequently appealed his conviction and jail sentence before the Bombay HC

Salman Khan, Police, Bombay High Court, Hit-and-run case
Bollywood actor Salman Khan leaves Bombay High Court after being acquitted of all charges related to 2002 hit-and-run case in Mumbai. Photo: Kamlesh Pednekar
ANI New Delhi
Last Updated : Apr 11 2016 | 1:27 PM IST

The Supreme Court, which on Monday heard a petition challenging Bollywood actor Salman Khan's acquittal in the 2002 hit-and-run case by the Bombay High Court, asked the petitioner to approach the appropriate bench hearing the matter.

Parmanand Katara, a lawyer, informed the apex court that the High Court should not have acquitted Khan as his appeal should have been heard by a lower court.

Katara further said that since Khan had been given a five-year jail term by the trial court in the hit-and-run case, his appeal should have first come up for review by a lower court and not directly in the High Court which could examine cases when punishment was more than seven years.

Khan had been convicted by a trial court in May last year for driving over a man sleeping on a pavement in Mumbai in 2002.

The Bollywood actor had subsequently appealed his conviction and jail sentence before the Bombay High Court, which acquitted him in December last year.

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First Published: Apr 11 2016 | 12:30 PM IST

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