Of these four witness, three had told the trial court that they had seen Salman getting down from the driver's side of the car after it ran over the people sleeping on pavement, said his lawyer Amit Desai, arguing before Justice A R Joshi.
Salman's Toyota Land Cruiser had rammed into a shop in suburban Bandra on September 28, 2002, killing one person and injuring four. He has appealed against his conviction and the five-year sentence awarded by the trial court in May.
"If they were (trapped) underneath the car, as alleged by the prosecution, then how could they see the actor getting down from the right side of the vehicle?" advocate Desai said.
Muslim Shaikh told the trial court that he was under the car and heard shouts of people saying they had seen Salman Khan coming out but the prosecution didn't examine the people who actually saw Salman coming out, Desai said.
Also, this witness didn't say whether Salman got down from the front seat or the rear side, all he said was he had seen the actor getting down from the right side. "This shows the witness was tutored," the lawyer argued.