A Mumbai court, which is trying actor Salman Khan in connection with the 2002 hit-and-run case will pronounce its verdict on May 6.
The date of the announcement of the verdict was announced a day after the prosecution and defence concluded their arguments on Monday.
While Khan’s lawyer has argued that the evidence of eyewitness Ravindra Patil should not be accepted because he passed away and was not available for cross-examination, the prosecution said ample opportunity had been given to the defence earlier for cross examining this witness.
Patil was the police bodyguard of Khan at the time of the accident. He had filed a complaint alleging the actor was in an inebriated condition when he rammed his Toyota Land Cruiser into a bakery in suburban Bandra on September 28, 2002 killing one person and injuring four others.
Meanwhile, Sessions Court judge D W Deshpande has, on a plea of Salman Khan, issued contempt notices to inspector of Bandra police station for recreating the crime scene and to two city newspapers for publishing photographs of a police team recreating the same. (ANI with inputs)