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Sessions Court Judge P V Baokar rejected actor Salman Khan's bail petition on Wednesday on the grounds that he could tamper with the evidence.
Khan has been charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder in connection with a hit-and-run case in Mumbai.
It was the third time that Khan's bail was rejected.
Public prosecutor Ramnath Kini argued that the actor had run away after driving his Toyota Land Cruiser over some pavement dwellers in Bandra area. One person was killed and two hurt in the incident.
Khan's bodyguard, constable Ravindra Patil, had asked him not to drive because he was drunk, Kini told the court. "But the actor did not listen to warnings of Patil," he said.
"Moreover, Salman did not report the matter to Bandra police station immediately, but preferred to run away from the scene of the crime. Therefore we charged him under Section 304 Part (II) of the Indian Penal Code," said Kini.
Since the actor was drunk, Patil wanted to drive the car, but his request was turned down, Kini argued.
Patil had earlier stated that he could not drive and did not possess a driving licence.
However, Kini downplayed the statement by saying that things would come to the court during the course of the investigation.
Earlier, Khan's lawyer Abad Ponda argued that his client did not run away from the scene, but was requested by some members of the public not to stick around the accident site, as there could be violence.
"Kindly see the conduct of my client. He immediately surrendered himself after he came to know that he was being framed under section 304 (II). And he has always cooperated with the investigating agencies," argued Ponda.
"There are many accidents happening in Mumbai but nowhere this section is filed against any of the person involved in the accident," said Ponda.
Ponda gave many examples of how the case did not fall under Section 304 (II) but 304 (A).
But the judge upheld the contention of the prosecution that the case fell within the scope of Section 304 (II).
Khan's sister Alvira and brother Arbaaz were present in the court.
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