Salman Khan hit-and-run case: SC junks plea for CBI probe into expenses

Updated on: 15 February,2016 10:25 PM IST |
IANS |

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition seeking a CBI probe into the expenditure of Rs.25 crore by Salman Khan in the hit-and-run case till his acquittal by the Bombay High Court

Salman Khan

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition seeking a CBI probe into the expenditure of Rs.25 crore by Salman Khan in the hit-and-run case till his acquittal by the Bombay High Court.

Salman Khan outside the Bombay High Court. Pic/AFP

Salman Khan walked out of the Bombay High Court at 5 pm last evening after he finished all bail formalities. Pic/AFP - See more at: https://www.mid-day.com/articles/saving-salman-factors-that-led-to-actors-acquittal-in-2002-hit-and-run-case/16760180#sthash.qQATYIcA.dpufSalman Khan walked out of the Bombay High Court at 5 pm last evening after he finished all bail formalities. Pic/AFPSalman Khan walked out of the Bombay High Court at 5 pm last evening after he finished all bail formalities. Pic/AFP

Dismissing the public interest suit by advocate M.L. Sharma, the bench of Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar and Justice R. Banumathi said the amount the actor's father Salim Khan claimed to have been spent in the course of the litigation may have gone as fee of the lawyers.

"These are wild allegations without any basis," Justice Khehar said. "You are misrepresenting the facts" he told Sharma.

On Sharma's plea for witness protection, the court said Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi was arguing for the Maharashtra government which has challenged Salman Khan's acquittal by the Bombay High Court and he could assist him in the course of the hearing.

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