Salman Khan’s Hit-And-Run Case May Not Be Heard for Three Years

The court said the case could not be given priority just because a high-profile personality was involved.

Salman Khan was acquitted in the hit-and-run case by the Bombay High Court in December 2015. (Photo: Reuters)

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to fast-track the hearing of Salman Khan’s hit-and-run case, The Times of India reported.

Although the state government pled for an early hearing, pointing out that the case was 15 years old, Justices JS Khehar and Arun Mishra said the case could not be given priority just because a high-profile personality was involved.

According to The Times of India report, the court will also hear an appeal filed by family members of the man who was killed in the accident, seeking compensation for their loss. The petition, filed by the hit-and-run victim Shaikh Noorulla Shafik’s widow and son, said the trial court and the high court completely ignored the provision of Sections 357 and 357A of the CrPC which provides for compensation to victims of crime.

At the outset, senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Salman, told the bench that his client had no objection to the appeal being admitted and the matter being decided by the apex court.

The appeal is unlikely to be heard within the next three years.

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