DHAKA: Bollywood star Salman Khan on Wednesday gets interim bail for 2 days after being sentenced to 5 years in jail in hit-and-run case.

Earlier in the day, the Bollywood star was sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted by a court in Mumbai of killing a homeless man in a 2002 hit-and-run crash after a night out drinking.

Sessions court judge DW Deshpande said all the charges against the star, including culpable homicide not amounting to murder, had been proved.

Khan was taken into custody after the sentencing and would be sent to Arthur Road Jail later in the day.

The judge said 49-year-old Khan was driving the car at the time of the accident and the defense’s contention that his driver Ashok Singh was at the wheel was not probable.

‘You were driving the car without a license and you were under the influence of alcohol,’ Deshpande told a courtroom packed with Khan’s family members and journalists.

Khan, wearing a white shirt and blue jeans, broke down on hearing the verdict and witnesses said there were tears in his eyes. Khan’s family members too were upset and his two sisters also broke down in the courtroom, reports Hindustan Times.

** Salman Khan sentenced to 5-yr in jail

BDST: 1748 HRS, MAY 06, 2015
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