No jail for now for Salman Khan, sentence suspended
His sentence for five years by a sessions court in the hit and run case has been suspended.
Khan was convicted by a sessions court on May 6 in the 2002 hit-and-run case in which one person was killed. He was sentenced for 5 years.
The high court had granted Khan a two-day interim bail.
Salman Khan's appeals were argued in the High Court by senior Supreme Court counsel Harish Salve and Shrikant Shivade, who had argued the case in the Sessions court.
The punishment for the actor was pronounced for causing culpable homicide not amounting to murder on Wednesday for killing a homeless man with his SUV after a night out drinking at an upmarket bar.
Khan had fled the scene after his Toyota Land Cruiser rammed into a group of people sleeping on a pavement outside a bakery in suburban Bandra in 2002.
Several witnesses, including survivors of the crash, testified that Khan was driving the vehicle, but Salman claimed that his driver was behind the wheel. The driver also corroborated his statement last month.
But the judge found Khan guilty of all charges, including driving while under the influence of alcohol and without a licence.
A constable attached to Khan's security team said in his statement to police that the actor lost control of the car while driving at about 90kph.
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