Breaking: Salman Held Guilty in Hit-and-Run Case

Update: 2015-05-06 06:16 GMT
The much awaited verdict has been out and Bollywood star Salman Khan found guilty in the hit and run case. The actor was charged with culpable homicide in Mumbai for the September 2002 incident.

The prosecution has alleged that it has strong evidence that Salman was drunk and driving back home from Juhu late on September 28, 2002, when he lost control of the car and ran over men sleeping on the pavement outside a bakery.The prosecution claims that Salman Khan fled the scene.

Khan has denied he was at the wheel, but the judge said all the charges against him had been proved.

The case proceedings have come to an end while ago and details of the actor's conviction yet to be declared. He is likely to get jail term of ten years. Salman has been facing trial since nearly 13 years in the accident case in Bandra, in the early hours of September 28, 2002, which left one pavement dweller dead and four others injured.

Nurullah Mehboob Sharif succumbed to his injuries and four others - Munna Malai Khan, Kalim Mohammed Pathan, Abdullah Rauf Shaikh and Muslim Sheikh were injured.
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