Salman Khan on Monday (November 7, 2013) pleaded for a fresh trial before a sessions court in the accident case, saying the evidence adduced earlier before a magistrate be discarded as he was now facing a more serious charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
Salman’s lawyer Srikant Shivade argued that the actor had not been given an opportunity in the magistrate’s court to cross-examine witnesses vis-a-vis the additional charge of culpable homicide which was imposed on him recently.
The prosecution, however, opposed Salman’s plea saying “this was an attempt to delay the trial.” The magistrate had adduced evidence on the basis of the deposition given by the witnesses. Hence, this evidence cannot be discarded, the public prosecutor argued.
Salman’s lawyer pleaded that earlier it was a summary trial by the magistrate. However, as culpable homicide charge had been framed against the actor, the case was triable by a sessions court. “We should not be prejudiced because of want of cross examination of witnesses. Hence, a fresh trial may be conducted,” he said.
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