Further strengthening the defence lawyer's claim in the 2002 hit-and-run case involving Bollywood star Salman Khan, that the government hospital did not follow the due procedure while collecting the actor's blood sample, the doctor who took blood samples on Saturday said that the band-aid strip of the sealed sample could have been tampered with and that he did not take any acknowledgment while passing on the samples to the police.
Further strengthening the defence lawyer's claim in the 2002 hit-and-run case involving Bollywood star Salman Khan, that the government hospital did not follow the due procedure while collecting the actor's blood sample, the doctor who took blood samples on Saturday said that the band-aid strip of the sealed sample could have been tampered with and that he did not take any acknowledgment while passing on the samples to the police.
"It can be possible that the band-aid strip of the sealed sample which contained the blood sample of actor Salman Khan, could be removed and pasted back to the sample," said the doctor, Shashikant Pawar, while his statement was recorded before the Sessions court, presided over by judge D W Deshpande. Dr Pawar further mentioned that after he handed over the blood samples to the police constables, he did not take any acknowledgment from the police for the same.
Advocate Shrikant Shiwade, who appeared on behalf of the actor, while grilling the doctor asked him if he has read the rules for alcohol tests, under the Bombay prohibition act, to which he replied in the negative. When asked if he had mentioned that the actor was under the influence of alcohol, the doctor once again replied in negative and said he did not write anything in this context in his case papers.
Further, when advocate Shiwade asked him if he had properly labeled the two vials of blood samples, as to which one contained the anti-coagulation agent and the one without it, Pawar claimed that he could not differentiate among the two samples.
After the examination of the doctor was completed, the prosecution filed an application pleading the court to allow the prosecution to examine two important witnesses in the case, one the RTO officer of Andheri -- who according to the prosecution would bring it on record that when the alleged accident took place, Salman allegedly did not possess a licence, and the second a constable who took the blood sample from the police station to the forensic science laboratory.
However, the prosecution's plea to call the RTO officer was opposed by the defence on the grounds that it was a way adopted by the prosecution to fill up the lacunae created by the defence in the prosecution's theory. The court, however, directed the prosecution to record the statement of the two and after which the court would decide if there is a need to examine the two of them. The court further adjourned the matter to February 12.
According to the prosecution, the actor in September 2002 had allegedly rammed his car on the pavement dwellers who were sleeping outside a bakery in Bandra, killing one and injuring four others.
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