A
decade
after
Bollywood
actor
Salman
Khan's
SUV
killed
a
pavement-dweller
and
injured
four
others
in
suburban
Bandra,
the
victims
are
yet
to
receive
the
compensation
amount
deposited
by
the
actor,
the
Bombay
High
Court
was
told
today.
A
division
bench
headed
by
Justice
AM
Khanwilkar
was
hearing
a
PIL
seeking
enhancement
of
punishment
awarded
under
section
304
A
of
IPC
for
causing
death
by
rash
and
negligent
driving
and
increase
in
compensation
awarded
under
the
provisions
of
the
Motor
Vehicle
Act.
Journalist
Nikhil
Wagle
had
filed
the
PIL
soon
after
the
accident
on
September
29,
2002,
when
the
actor,
allegedly
in
an
inebriated
condition,
drove
his
Toyota
Land
Cruiser
over
five
persons
sleeping
on
a
pavement
in
Bandra.
The
actor
was
arrested
the
next
day
and
booked
under
sections
337
and
338
for
causing
hurt
by
act
endangering
life
or
personal
safety
of
others
of
IPC
besides
section
304
A.
He
was
released
on
bail
of
Rs
950
immediately
at
the
Bandra
police
station
as
all
the
sections
were
bailable.
Trial
against
him
is
pending
before
a
magistrate's
court.
Wagle
had
sought
for
the
section
304
A
to
be
made
non-bailable
and
enhancement
of
the
punishment
prescribed
under
the
section
from
two
years
to
10
years
in
jail.
The
high
court
had
on
October
7,
2002,
while
hearing
the
PIL
directed
Salman
to
deposit
Rs
17
lakh
as
an
interim
compensation
for
the
four
injured
victims
and
family
of
the
deceased
victim.
The
court
had
also
directed
the
Union
and
state
government
to
file
their
affidavits.
Wagle's
lawyer
Subhada
Khot
today
informed
the
court
that
neither
has
the
compensation
amount
been
disbursed
to
the
victims
nor
the
government
has
filed
their
affidavits.
The
court
then
issued
notice
to
the
additional
solicitor
general
to
appear
in
the
matter
and
directed
the
union
and
state
to
file
their
affidavits
on
October
8.
PTI