Mumbai: It is a big day for actor Salman Khan as a Mumbai court will frame charges against him in the 2002 hit-and-run case. After rejecting the actor's plea last month, the court will on Wednesday decide whether the actor should be tried for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
If proven guilty, Salman could go to jail for 10 years. The court will also decide on the application filed by two activists on restraining media coverage.
In June, the session court had ruled that the actor should be charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder in the case - a charge under IPC which attracts 10 years of imprisonment.
The June 24 order was a major setback to the actor, who was earlier tried by Bandra metropolitan magistrate court for a lesser charge of rash and negligent act causing death, under section 304 A of IPC, which attracts two years of imprisonment.
One person was killed and four others were injured when the Land Cruiser, allegedly driven by Salman Khan, crushed a group of people sleeping on the pavement outside a bakery in suburban Bandra in the early hours on September 28, 2002.
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