<p>In his deposition before the sessions court which is conducting the trial of the 2002 hit-and-run case allegedly involving Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, a police constable today contradicted his own statement recorded before the magistrate.<br /><br />"I had taken two bottles of blood sample of the accused (Khan) in an envelope to the forensic lab," the constable said during a cross-examination by defence lawyer Srikant Shivade.<br /><br />The witness had said earlier, when examined by the Special Public Prosecutor Pradeep Gharat, that he had taken the blood sample from Bandra police station to the lab.<br /><br />However, during the cross-examination, he denied that he had carried the blood vials in an iron container; he said he carried them in an envelope. He also denied having told the Magistrate that the packet of blood sample had been sealed.<br /><br />"I have not told this to the Magistrate (about iron container or sealed packet) and cannot say why he recorded it," the witness added.<br /><br />The constable said he took the samples to the lab on September 30, 2002, two days after the mishap in which the actor's car had rammed into a bakery in suburban Bandra, killing one person and injuring four others sleeping outside.<br /><br />At the next hearing, on February 16, a sub-inspector of police, who had accompanied Salman to J J Hospital for the blood test after the mishap, would be examined.<br /><br />The trial is being conducted on day-to-day basis. More than 20 witnesses have already been examined and a few more are left. The judge has asked the prosecution to wrap up the examinations as speedily as possible. </p>.<p>The case, dragging on for over a decade, took a twist when a city Magistrate, after examining 17 witnesses, held that the charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder was made out against the 49-year-old actor and referred the case to the sessions court.</p>.<div>The charge of culpable homicide attracts a 10-year sentence. Earlier the charge against Salman was causing death by negligence, which entails imprisonment of upto two years. <br /></div>
<p>In his deposition before the sessions court which is conducting the trial of the 2002 hit-and-run case allegedly involving Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, a police constable today contradicted his own statement recorded before the magistrate.<br /><br />"I had taken two bottles of blood sample of the accused (Khan) in an envelope to the forensic lab," the constable said during a cross-examination by defence lawyer Srikant Shivade.<br /><br />The witness had said earlier, when examined by the Special Public Prosecutor Pradeep Gharat, that he had taken the blood sample from Bandra police station to the lab.<br /><br />However, during the cross-examination, he denied that he had carried the blood vials in an iron container; he said he carried them in an envelope. He also denied having told the Magistrate that the packet of blood sample had been sealed.<br /><br />"I have not told this to the Magistrate (about iron container or sealed packet) and cannot say why he recorded it," the witness added.<br /><br />The constable said he took the samples to the lab on September 30, 2002, two days after the mishap in which the actor's car had rammed into a bakery in suburban Bandra, killing one person and injuring four others sleeping outside.<br /><br />At the next hearing, on February 16, a sub-inspector of police, who had accompanied Salman to J J Hospital for the blood test after the mishap, would be examined.<br /><br />The trial is being conducted on day-to-day basis. More than 20 witnesses have already been examined and a few more are left. The judge has asked the prosecution to wrap up the examinations as speedily as possible. </p>.<p>The case, dragging on for over a decade, took a twist when a city Magistrate, after examining 17 witnesses, held that the charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder was made out against the 49-year-old actor and referred the case to the sessions court.</p>.<div>The charge of culpable homicide attracts a 10-year sentence. Earlier the charge against Salman was causing death by negligence, which entails imprisonment of upto two years. <br /></div>