Ashok Singh is liable to be impeached for perjury as there are conditions to suggest that he was telling a lie, contended prosecutor Pradeep Gharat as the actor sat in the front row keenly hearing him
The performer was called today to seem in person as the prosecution had last time made a grievance that Khan was not present in the court during final arguments. Sessions Judge D W Deshpande has again bid him tomorrow when prosecution would sum up its arguments.
Attired in blue denim jeans and an offwhite shirt 49-year-old Khan came to the court unshaven and busy a chair next to that of his sister Alvira Khan. He got up twice to offer seat to his secretary who had also come for the hearing held in a jam-packed courtroom.
It is the prosecution's case that Salman had rammed his car into the shop in the wee hours on September 28 2002 resulting in the death of a person and injuries to four who were sleeping outside. It also alleged that he was blotto and was driving without a license.
The prosecutor argued that the indication of the actor's driver should be cast-off because his statement had not been suggested by any witnesses. This piece of evidence had been introduced after the prosecution closed its case and the accused overthrew before the court to give his statement under section 313 of Cr.Pc.
The prosecutor also described as a ,lie, the actor's statement to the court that he was just drinking a glass of water in the hotel where he had gone just before the accident.
The prosecutor referred to the statement of a waiter of `Rain Bar' where Khan had gone with his singer friend Kamal Khan and brother Sohail. The waiter had said he served 'Bacardi Rum' and cocktails along with prawns and nibbles to Khan's group.
