NEW DELHI — Bollywood actor Salman Khan was handed a guilty verdict in a hit-and-run case that occurred in 2002. The actor, charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, has been sentenced to five years in prison.
The prosecution had compared Khan's hit-and-run case to Mumbai's Alistair Pereira Judgement of 2006 and Delhi's Sanjeev Nanda BMW hit-and-run case of 1999.
Here's what has happened in two of the most infamous hit-and-run cases in India:
The Alistair Pereira Case:
Nov 2006
- Pereira was 21 years old when he lost control of his sedan
- Pereira drove into a group of construction workers sleeping on Carter Road
- Seven people were killed
- Eight people were hurt
- Pereira was convicted and sentenced to six months in jail
- Bombay High Court then increased the sentence to three years
- Pereira appealed in Supreme Court, and was given bail in 2007
The Sanjeev Nanda Case:
Jan 1999
- Nanda crashed his BMW through a police checkpoint
- He mowed down three people as well as three policemen
- He was slapped with a non-bailable charge: culpable homicide not amounting to murder
- However, the defence lawyers were caught on tape, trying to influence a prosecution witness
- Nanda was convicted and sentenced to five years in jail
- But Delhi High Court reduced his sentence to two years
Khan, on the other hand, has been charged and found guilty under the following sections of the Indian Penal Code:
- Section 304 part II (culpable homicide not amounting to murder)
- Section 279 (rash and negligent driving)
- Sections 337 and 338 (causing hurt by act endangering life and causing grievous hurt respectively)
- Section 427 (mischief causing damage to property)
Under the Motor Vehicle Act:
- Sections 34 (a), (b) read with 181 (driving vehicle in contravention with rules), and 185 (driving at great speed after consuming alcohol)
Under Bombay Prohibition Act:
- Driving under the influence of alcohol
Khan can reportedly still apply to the High Court for bail.
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