End of Land Cruiser Accident Case?

HEARING// The hearing for Salman Khan’s 2002 hit-and-run case, which was expected to be held on August 19, has been delayed. A Mumbai sessions court had framed charges against the popular Bollywood actor on July 24, 2013. The court had said that the actor will now be tried under Section 304(III) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). If found guilty, Salman could face 10 years in prison. Earlier, Salman had been tried by a metropolitan magistrate under the less severe Section 304A of the IPC relating to rash and negligent driving, which stipulates a maximum of two years in prison. However, the metropolitan magistrate, after examining 17 witnesses in the case, had invoked the more serious charge under Section 304(III) of the IPC against the actor. Salman had challenged this order in the sessions court. One person was killed and four others were injured when a Land Cruiser allegedly driven by Salman in an inebriated state ran over a group of footpath dwellers in Mumbai's Bandra suburb in the early hours of September 28, 2002.