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HC to hear actor's appeal from July 30

Last Updated 27 July 2015, 21:08 IST

The Bombay High Court on Monday said it will hear the appeal of Bollywood actor Salman Khan in the 2002 hit-and-run case from 30 July on a regular basis.

Khan, 49, had appealed against the five-year sentence awarded to him by the Mumbai Sessions Court on May 6.

The controversial actor was found guilty on multiple counts, including culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

The high court had stayed the execution of the sentence on May 8 and besides granting him bail, court also admitted his appeal.

Khan’s lawyer Amit Desai though sought adjournment of hearing till August 3, but Justice A R Joshi did not consider his plea. Khan, who is on bail, did not come to the court. However, his sister Alvira was present.

One person was killed while four others were injured on the pavement outside a bakery on Hill Road-St Andrews Road junction in the wee hours of September 28, 2002, when the actor’s SUV ran over them.

The sessions court judge had said at the time of conviction that Khan was driving the car under the influence of alcohol and without a license.

In a related development, the HC judge also dismissed an intervention plea filed by a murder convict for granting a stay on the hearing on the ground that the applicant had no locus standi in the matter. The convict, whose appeal has not been heard since 2009, had filed the intervention application.

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(Published 27 July 2015, 21:08 IST)

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