INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
bailable arrest warrant against Bollywood star Salman Khan in the 2002 hit and run case, in which the Maharashtra government's appeal
against his acquittal is pending before the Supreme Court.Earlier this month, the court had issued the warrant against the actor for not
furnishing the surety as per the directions of the top court.Salman Khan, 52, today appeared before Additional Sessions Judge MG Deshpande
and completed all the formalities of furnishing the surety, after which the court cancelled the warrant.In February this year, he had
approached the Supreme Court seeking discharge of his surety given by his former publicist Reshma Shetty, stating that he wanted to replace
it with the surety of his bodyguard Shera alias Gurmeet Singh Jolly.The top court, which is hearing the appeal filed against his acquittal
in the case by the state government, had allowed his plea on February 23
He was asked to comply with the process.The sessions court had issued two notices to Mr Khan this year - once on March 5, which was received
by his father, and another one on March 16.In December 2015, the Bombay High Court acquitted Khan of all criminal charges for lack of
He was acquitted seven months after the sessions court held him guilty.The actor was accused of running his car over some persons sleeping
on the pavement in suburban Bandra in 2002
One person died in the mishap
The trial court had awarded him a five-year jail term.A court in Jodhpur had on April 5 sentenced the actor to five years in jail for
killing a black buck in 1998.On April 7, Salman Khan walked out of the Jodhpur jail, where he spent two nights, after a sessions court here
granted him bail in the case.
