Where is Kamaal Khan? The Newshour Debate (8th May 2015)

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In a debate moderated by TIMES NOW's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, panelists -- Mahesh Jethmalani, Senior Advocate; Sonu Sood, Actor; Abha Singh, Advocate & Petitioner in the Salman Case; Suchitra Krishnamoorthy; Singer & Actor; Waris Pathan, Advocate; Mayank Shekhar, Film Critic; Anees Bazmee, Filmmaker; Nasir Abdullah, Actor; Charudatta Acharya, Film Director; and Akhilesh Chaubey, Advocate; and Rahul Dev, Actor -- discuss the issue as to where Kamaal Khan is, and whether he is being protected.

A crucial link in the Salman Khan 2002 hit & run case, singer Kamaal Khan, has managed to stay away from the limelight for long. But not anymore, as the Kamaal Khan angle has emerged. But where is the singer who was allegedly with Salman Khan on the night of the fateful accident? In a major reprieve for Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, the Bombay High Court today suspended the five-year sentence awarded to him in the 2002 hit-and-run case, admitted his appeal against conviction and granted him bail. Justice Abhay Thipsay directed Khan to surrender beforethe trial court forthwith and execute a fresh bail bond of Rs 30,000. The interim bail granted to the actor hours after his conviction and sentencing on Wednesday was to expire today. While admitting the 49-year-old actor's appeal, the HC said it will expedite the hearing on it and posted the matter for June 15. "This is not a case where I should keep him (Khan) in jail till his appeal is heard and decided. Why his right should suffer when his appeal is admitted and kept pending? In many cases people have suffered and spent their entire prison term only to be acquitted later by the High Court," Justice Thipsay observed. "The normal rule is that when an appeal is admitted and the sentence is under seven years, it (the sentence) is suspended. Why do you (prosecution) want to depart from this norm?" the court said. Justice Thipsay noted that Khan has been on bail throughout the trial even after being slapped with the serious charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. "There are a number of arguable points raised about whether or not Khan was driving the car. It is also nobody's case that Khan will abscond if he released on bail, pending appeal," he said. Justice Thipsay directed Khan to seek court's permission before travelling abroad. The prosecution case is that Khan ran over fivepersons sleeping on the pavement in suburban Bandra, where the actor also resides, before ramming a bakery with his SUV on September 28, 2002, killing one person and injuring four. The trial court had on Wednesday convicted and sentenced him to five years' rigorous imprisonment on the charge of culpable homicide and under various other provisions of IPC and other laws. Khan's lawyer Amit Desai argued that the trial court had not considered the defence of the accused that there were four persons in the car, including his driver Ashok Singh, who was behind the wheel at the time of the accident.

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