A
sessions
court
here
Monday
deferred
to
April
8
the
hearing
of
the
2002
hit-and-run
case
against
Bollywood
actor
Salman
Khan.
A
magistrate
court,
trying
the
case,
had
invoked
the
charge
of
culpable
homicide
not
amounting
to
murder
(Section
304
part
II
of
the
Indian
Penal
Code)
and
shifted
the
trial
to
the
sessions
court
last
month.
The
charge,
if
proved,
can
attract
a
maximum
punishment
of
10
years
in
jail.
The
actor
had
filed
a
review
petition
to
quash
the
charges
of
culpable
homicide
not
amounting
to
murder,
which
will
be
heard
April
8
by
Sessions
Judge
UB
Hejib.
Earlier,
Salman
Khan
was
tried
by
a
magistrate
under
lesser
charge
of
causing
death
by
negligence
(Section
304
A
IPC)
that
provides
for
a
maximum
punishment
of
two
years
in
prison.
Salman
Khan
had
rammed
his
car
into
a
bakery
in
suburban
Bandra
on
September
28,
2002,
killing
one
person
and
injuring
four
others
who
were
sleeping
on
the
pavement.
IANS