Mumbai: The prosecution has informed a local court that it would examine 60 witnesses in the "hit and run" case involving Bollywood actor Salman Khan.
Of the 60 witnesses, two who have been examined are Ravindra Patil, the actor’s bodyguard and Ramasray Pandey, both of whom had witnessed the incident. The third witness would depose on March 31, prosecution sources said.
Khan was accused of killing a person and injuring four others when he rammed his car into a bakery in suburban Bandra on September 28, 2002.
Pandey, who was examined yesterday, told the court that he had heard a loud noise when he was sleeping in his shop on that day. He saw a crowd rushing towards a white land cruiser, which had rammed into a bakery and had also seen Khan getting down, along with two persons from the car.
The witnesses said that when the crowd went to confront the persons who had got down from the car, Khan and another person fled while the third one stayed back at the accident site and was later identified as Patil, the actor's bodyguard.
During cross examination, however, the Patil fumbled when the actor's lawyer, Dipesh Mehta questioned him as to why he had waited for four days to approach the police and whether he had seen the actor driving the car. Patil said he could not remember when.
Earlier, Patil had deposed before the court saying that he was accompanying Khan the car when he rammed his car into the bakery.
He also told the court that he had warned the actor not to drive in a rash manner or else he would meet with an accident. But the actor did not pay listen to his advice, he told the court.
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