MUMBAI: A little over 13 years after Salman Khan's late night drive home turned fatal for a labourer sleeping on a sidewalk in Bandra, the Bombay high court on Thursday acquitted the Bollywood actor of all criminal charges that he had been held guilty of by a trial court in May.
The prosecution had not established its case against the actor beyond a reasonable doubt as is required under criminal law, the Bombay high court concluded, as it narrated the many "unexplained and glaring anomalies" in the evidence.
Khan had filed an appeal in the HC against the May 6 conviction by a Mumbai sessions court for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and a five-year sentence given as punishment. The Bombay HC granted him bail on that same day and the actor, who's out on bail, was called to court for the pronouncement.
The prosecution had not established its case against the actor beyond a reasonable doubt as is required under criminal law, the Bombay high court concluded, as it narrated the many "unexplained and glaring anomalies" in the evidence.
Khan had filed an appeal in the HC against the May 6 conviction by a Mumbai sessions court for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and a five-year sentence given as punishment. The Bombay HC granted him bail on that same day and the actor, who's out on bail, was called to court for the pronouncement.
