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Police mysteriously lost records in Salman Khan hit-and-run trial

The criminal trial against actor Salman Khan, who allegedly killed a pavement dweller when driving while drunk more than a decade ago, has hit a new roadblock with the police telling the court that its case diaries have disappeared. In addition, only seven out of 63 original witness statements were traceable, though true copies still existed. The documents were lost, according to the police, after the case was moved out of the magistrate’s court to the sessions court, after the magistrate decided that the higher court would have to examine a culpable homicide not amounting to murder charge.

Khan’s defence lawyer srikant Shivade argued that only original witness statements could be used in court; the prosecution claimed that true copies would suffice, reported the PTI.

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