Salman Khan hit-and-run case: Witness can’t be re-examined

MUMBAI: A sessions court on Thursday rejected the prosecution’s plea to re-examine an RTO officer who had allegedly examined actor Salman Khan’s car which was involved in the 2002 hit-and-run incident. Judge D W Deshpande did not reveal the grounds for the rejection.
The matter will now be heard on January 19, when the prosecution will examine the doctor who extracted the blood sample from Khan after the incident and the constable who took the actor to the hospital for the extraction.Salman won’t be needed to attend the hearing.
The prosecution tried to re-examine the witness after defence advocate Srikant Shivde conducted a cross-examination in an attempt to show that the officer was not an expert witness. Special public prosecutor Pradeep Gharat made the application, saying that the witness’s replies were vague.