The move was aimed at preventing the discomfort caused due to losing a case involving high profile personalities. But it instructed Salman to deposit two sureties of 25000 under section 437-A of CrPC to confirm his presence if the State appeals in the Supreme Court against the Bombay HC’s decision.
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Salman Khan was the blamed in the 2002 Attempt at manslaughter case which brought about a demise of a man. Others were additionally seriously harmed when his auto smashed into a bread kitchen in Bandra.
On December 10, 2015, in a hard-hitting judgment, the Bombay High Court acquitted him of all charges and quashed the lower court verdict. Mr Khan was convicted by the trial court for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. According to the circular, there were 16 major procedural lapses in the case as mentioned by the High court.
The bills from J W Marriot and the vehicle’s parking bill collected by the police were not attached with the panchnama. Therefore, the court suspected that the samples could have been tampered or not stored properly.
The court also deemed the biological evidence untrustworthy with the failure to establish custody of blood samples. Another important anomaly was 6 ml of blood was extracted from Khan in two containers, but the lab received only 4 ml. The receiving clerk at the FSL was not examined while the investigating officer did not verify the medical papers while collecting them; even the blood collection reports showed many discrepancies and defects which were admitted.
It concludes with the observation that the defence had said that the tyre had burst, which was the reason for the crash, but the tyre was not sent to the forensic laboratory to refute this claim.
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Lastly, there was no interrogation conducted of singer Kamaal Khan, who was available for it.
