{"id":40367,"date":"2015-12-11T07:47:36","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T02:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=40367"},"modified":"2015-12-11T07:47:36","modified_gmt":"2015-12-11T02:17:36","slug":"salman-withdraws-from-supreme-court-plea-to-summon-kamaal-khan-as-witness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/salman-withdraws-from-supreme-court-plea-to-summon-kamaal-khan-as-witness","title":{"rendered":"Salman withdraws from Supreme Court plea to summon Kamaal Khan as witness"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_40330\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40330\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/salmankhan-1.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40330\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"40330\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/patil-a-wholly-unreliable-witness-in-salman-case-hc\/salmankhan-3\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/salmankhan-1.jpg?fit=759%2C422&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"759,422\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"salmankhan\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/salmankhan-1.jpg?fit=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/salmankhan-1.jpg?fit=640%2C356&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-40330 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/salmankhan-1.jpg?resize=300%2C167&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Salman withdraws from Supreme Court plea to summon Kamaal Khan as witness\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/salmankhan-1.jpg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/salmankhan-1.jpg?w=759&amp;ssl=1 759w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Salman withdraws from Supreme Court plea to summon Kamaal Khan as witness<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"body\">A day after the <b>Bombay High Court acquitted Salman Khan in the 2002 hit-and-run case<\/b>, the Bollywood star on Friday withdrew his plea from the Supreme Court seeking examination of his friend and singer Kamaal Khan as court witness in the case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur allowed Salman\u2019s lawyer to withdraw his appeal after she said that it had become infructuous in the light of Bombay High Court judgement in the main case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">The Bombay High Court had on November 30 dismissed Salman\u2019s plea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">The high court on Thursday acquitted Salman in the case, quashing the trial court order convicting and sentencing him for five years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">It held that the prosecution had failed to prove \u201cbeyond reasonable doubt\u201d that the actor was driving the vehicle at the time of accident and was drunk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A day after the Bombay High Court acquitted Salman Khan in the 2002 hit-and-run case, the Bollywood star on Friday withdrew his plea from the Supreme Court seeking examination of his friend and singer Kamaal Khan as court witness in the case. 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