Mumbai
Sessions
Court
Additional
Sessions
Judge
D.
W.
Deshpande
will
pronounce
the
verdict
on
May
6
in
the
13-year-old
case
of
an
accident
involving
Bollywood
actor
Salman
Khan,
in
which
one
person
was
killed
and
four
were
injured.
The
announcement
was
made
on
Tuesday,
a
day
after
the
prosecution,
led
by
special
public
prosecutor
Pradeep
Gharat,
and
the
defence
team
led
by
Shrikant
Shivade
completed
their
arguments
in
the
case
on
Monday.
Salman
has
been
facing
trial
since
nearly
13
years
in
the
accident
case
in
Bandra,
in
the
early
hours
of
September
28,
2002,
which
left
one
pavement
dweller
dead
and
four
others
injured.
Nurullah
Mehboob
Sharif
succumbed
to
his
injuries
and
four
others
-
Munna
Malai
Khan,
Kalim
Mohammed
Pathan,
Abdullah
Rauf
Shaikh
and
Muslim
Sheikh
were
injured.
Salman
was
charged
under
Indian
Penal
Code
(IPC)
Section
304
II
(culpable
homicide
not
amounting
to
murder)
which
attracts
upto
10
years
in
prison;
Section
279
(rash
and
negligent
driving)
which
stipulates
six
months
jail;
Section
337
and
338
(causing
hurt
by
act
endangering
life
&
causing
grievous
hurt)
with
punishment
upto
two
years;
Section
427
(mischief
causing
damage
to
property)
with
maximum
punishment
of
up
to
two
years.
Also,
Motor
Vehicle
Act,
Section
34
(a),
(b)
read
with
181
(driving
vehicle
in
contravention
of
rules)
and
185
(driving
at
great
speed
after
consuming
alcohol
with
punishment
of
cancellation
of
driving
license;
and
sections
of
the
Bombay
Prohibition
Act
dealing
with
diving
under
influence
of
alcohol
which
attract
maximum
six
months
in
jail.