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Court raps police for vague reply to Salman's bail plea

A Mumbai sessions court on Wednesday rapped the police for filing a vague reply to the bail plea of actor Salman Khan in a hit-and-run case. It directed the investigating officer to explain his stand in writing and deferred the arguments until Thursday.

Sessions Judge P V Bavkar also wanted to go through the charge sheet to find out the statements made by the witnesses.

The judge also asked Khan's lawyer, Harshad Ponda, to submit the rulings of Supreme Court and high courts on which he would rely in his arguments.

The court expressed its anguish over the written reply of the investigating officer, who had stated that the charge sheet had been filed against Khan and appropriate orders may be passed on his bail petition.

The court wanted the officer to be specific about whether he was opposing bail.

Prosecutor R V Kini submitted that the officer had left it to the court's discretion to grant bail to Khan.

Khan pleaded that he may be enlarged as investigations were over and a charge sheet had been filed against him.

This is the fifth time Khan has sought bail.

He urged the court that he is a popular actor and one of the breadwinners of his family. He had roots in the city and as a cine artiste his presence in Mumbai was essential.

PTI

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