The prosecution on Wednesday continued its final arguments in the alleged hit-and-run case involving actor Salman Khan. It explained to the court that there was no chance of the actor's blood getting contaminated during the procedure of blood test.
The prosecution on Wednesday continued its final arguments in the alleged hit-and-run case involving actor Salman Khan. It explained to the court that there was no chance of the actor's blood getting contaminated during the procedure of blood test.
In 2002, the actor had allegedly rammed his vehicle into pavement dwellers sleeping outside a bakery in Bandra.
Special public prosecutor, Pradeep Gharat, while advancing his arguments before the court presided over by judge DW Deshpande, questioned the defence as to why it felt that the procedure of extracting blood from Salman's body was not done in a correct way. "All the procedures were followed and the objection that the test was not done properly are surmises, hypothesis and conjunctures which the defence have. We cannot go by ifs and buts, but possibilities should be bifurcated from probabilities," said Gharat.
Gharat further claimed that the doctor attached with JJ hospital, who had ejected Salman's blood, had asked for an oral permission from the actor. Also, after the blood was ejected, he ensured that it was stored in sterilised vials in order to prevent any contamination.
The prosecution, referring to the alleged confusion on the number of vials which contained Salman's blood sample, said that there was no need for the officer of Bandra police station, who was handed over the envelop of Salman's blood sample, to find out how many vials were present in the sealed envelop. "There was no need for the senior police inspector of Bandra police station to know the contents of the packet that was handed over to him to be sent for chemical analysis. So, he did not open the packet to see how many vials were present in it," said Gharat.
Gharat further said that after the samples were collected they were properly handed over to the chemical analyser (CA) who had conducted the alcohol test on the blood. The CA, after receiving the sample, first ensured that the packet of the sample vials were sealed, and later, on opening the envelop, checked if the vials were sealed. "Also, during the tests the CA had used sterilised apparatus to ensure that the titration method which he used for checking the alcohol level in the blood sample of Salman was not contaminated. The results clearly depicted the presence of alcohol in the blood sample of Salman," added Gharat.
Meanwhile, the prosecution requested the court to initiate action against two of the witnesses who had lied on oath. According to the prosecution, one of the police officers who had transported Salman's blood sample to the forensic science laboratory had some discrepancies in his statements which he had recorded before the magistrate and the sessions court.
The second witness was an RTO officer who had checked Salman's vehicle after it met with an accident. Gharat said, "The officer should be charged with perjury since the replies given by him before the court were of irresponsible nature, as the officer said that he was at the spot of accident for inspection of the vehicle only for a few seconds."
On Thursday, the prosecution is likely to complete the final arguments.
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