Salman Khan Sentenced to 5 yrs in Jail

Bollywood Actor Salman Khan was sentenced to 5 years for a 2002 hit and run case in which a homeless man was killed.

The judge told a sessions court Khan should receive “five years in jail” for the crash that the actor had blamed on his driver. Khan looked stunned as the sentence was read out.

The judge told Khan in court, “you were driving the car” and found him guilty in all eight charges against him

The charges also include negligent driving and causing grievous harm to the victims. The prosecution told the court that Khan was drunk when he rammed his SUV into the group of homeless men. Khan may be taken into custody soon and shifted to Arthur Road jail.

The victim’s wife, Begum Shaikh, said she had been waiting a long time for justice, adding “We have gone through a lot of hardships”. “Everything is so expensive and we hardly have any income. My kids are always under stress,”

After reports of Salman Khan’s conviction, stocks for Mandhana Industries fell 3.6 per cent, while Eros International dropped 4 per cent.

Mandhana has an exclusive agreement with Being Human — the Salman Khan Foundation for designing, marketing and distributing Being Human clothing products, its website shows. Eros International had said in December that it had acquired global distribution rights of Salman Khan’s two upcoming movies.

Many Bollywood celebrities and fans took to social media in support of Khan.

“I have experienced d palpitations we go thru on d day of judgement. U really connect to god for justice as we all pray for #salman khan now” – Subhash Ghai.

“I have experienced d palpitations we go thru on d day of judgement. U really connect to god for justice as we all pray for #salman khan now” – Bipasha Basu.

“Terrible news. Dnt knw wht to say except tht will stand by @BeingSalmanKhan no matter what. Hes a good man and no 1 can tk tht away frm him.”-  Sonakshi Sinha.

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