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Salman Khan case heads towards climax

The defence on Monday reiterated its claim that the accident was an 'act of God'. It was caused, the defence said, by the accidental bursting of the car's tyre. Thus, the defence said, neither Salman's driver, who was claimed to have been at the wheel during the incident, nor the actor, was responsible for the "mishap".

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The hit-and-run case featuring Bollywood actor Salman Khan is all over but for the judgment. The date of judgment will be fixed by the sessions court on Tuesday. Final arguments were made by Salman's defence on Monday. The prosecution has concluded its arguments much earlier.

The defence on Monday reiterated its claim that the accident was an 'act of God'. It was caused, the defence said, by the accidental bursting of the car's tyre. Thus, the defence said, neither Salman's driver, who was claimed to have been at the wheel during the incident, nor the actor, was responsible for the "mishap".

The defence contested the prosecution's claim that the Alister Pereira case was similar to Salman's case.

Shrikant Shivade, Salman's advocate, claimed, "The prosecution had relied on the judgment delivered in Alister Pereira's case, claiming that Khan as well as Pereira fell in the same case, but we need to remember that the police had recovered the liquor bottles from Pereira's car. The same was not the case in Khan's case. Rather, in Pereira's case, the chemical analyst was not thoroughly examined, but in this case, the chemical analyst was grilled by the defence. Also we cannot forget that the case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder was slapped against Pereira at the stage of registering an FIR, while in Khan's case, the charge was levelled against the actor at a much later stage."

Also on Monday, the court issued contempt notices against a police officer with the Bandra police station, as well as some media houses, for reporting on the reconstruction of the incident and publishing photographs of the same. Shivade, through his application, had claimed that the reports and photographs would cause prejudice to the accused.

In a related development, the court on April 23 is likely to decide on an application filed by social activist Santosh Daundkar. He had requested that a perjury case be filed against the police officer who had allegedly brought wrong doctors before the court, thus delaying trial in the case for a period of almost 7 years.

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