Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s lawyer on Thursday argued in the Bombay High Court that police had failed to examine the finger-prints from the steering wheel of his vehicle involved in the 2002 hit-and-run case, although they had alleged that the superstar was driving it.
“The fingerprints had not been taken from the steering wheel of the Toyota Land Cruiser by forensic experts though they had examined the fingerprints of the actor after his arrest in the incident,” said Amit Desai while arguing for Salman’s appeal against the five-year jail term awarded to him on May 6.
The 49-year-old actor was found guilty by a sessions court of ramming his car into a Bandra shop killing one person and injuring four on September 28, 2002.
“When the appellant was in (police) custody, his finger prints were taken (by forensic experts) as per the standard procedure. However, there are no records to suggest whether the finger prints were taken from the steering-wheel,” Mr. Desai submitted.
Salman has taken a defence that his family driver Ashok Singh was driving the car and not him as alleged by the police.
“Had they (police) taken the fingerprints from the steering wheel, they would have come to know whether Salman was driving or Ashok Singh was driving,” Mr. Desai said.
There are photos of the car but who has clicked them is not on record, he added-PTI.
