Salman Khan’s lawyer, Amit Desai argued in court that there was no evidence that Salman was driving the vehicle on the fateful night.
From the testimony of 27 witnesses it was nowhere mentioned that Salman was driving that night.
Also, he wanted to know why the Police didn’t record Salman’s driver, Ashok Singh’s statements while interrogation.
“The word `interrogated’ is very important here…and he also says he has not recorded his (Singh’s) statement. What is the purpose of interrogation without recording a statement?” Salman’s counsel asked.
“If a star witness (Patil) was no more, there were other eye witnesses to throw light on who was driving the car. While the prosecution says there were three people in the car, the defence has argued that there were four…but there is no dispute over the fact that singer Kamaal Singh was also in the same car at the relevant time. Why he has not been examined?” Desai asked.
He also directed towards testimonies of police officer who said they went to Salman’s house to look for him after the accident and couldn’t find him. “If that was the case, was any search panchnama drawn?” he asked. “The police had made out a case that Salman had run away after the mishap. In fact, he voluntarily came to the police station and surrendered. Please consider if this can be the conduct of a person who has run away.”
The case will continue in the court next day.
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