Actor Salman Khan's retrial in the 2002 hit-and-run case began today with the deposition of witnesses in a Mumbai court. It is unclear whether the actor is present in court.
The hearing is taking place after being adjourned twice, on March 26 and April 8. The first delay took place after three witnesses who were to be examined in court that day failed to appear before it. Mr Khan was exempted from appearing in court.
The date was shifted again after the actor filed an application stating he wouldn't be available in court on April 8.
In September 2002, Mr Khan was allegedly driving a Toyota Land Cruiser that ran over a group of people sleeping on the pavement outside a bakery in suburban Bandra. One person was killed and four others were injured in the accident.
The case has gone from court to court with arguments centred around whether Mr Khan was driving the car that day or not. The Mumbai police say they have enough evidence against him.
In 1998, Salman Khan spent three days in prison for killing black buck, an endangered species of deer, in Rajasthan. The actor's appeals in separate poaching cases are currently pending in the Rajasthan courts.
The 48-year-old actor has starred in some of Bollywood's highest-earning films in the last five years. He last appeared in January's Jai Ho, co-starring debutante Daisy Shah and was recently shooting for his movie Kick in Poland.
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