Khan, who was earlier tried for a lesser offence of causing death by negligence, which provides for a maximum punishment of two years in jail, will now stand trial under a more stringent law on culpable homicide not amounting to murder under section 304-II of the IPC that attracts a jail term of upto 10 years.
Besides, the sessions court on Wednesday charged him under several sections of the IPC, including 279 (rash driving), 337 (causing minor injuries), 338 (causing major injuries) and 427 (negligence). He has also been slapped with charges under the Motor Vehicles Act, the Prevention of Violence, Damage or Loss to Property Act and the Bombay Prohibition Act.
The 47-year-old actor pleaded “not guilty” after judge UB Hejib read out the charges to him. He was accompanied by sisters Alvira and Arpita as well as his bodyguard.
The court granted his plea seeking exemption from appearing in court on a day-to-day basis during the trial, but it made it clear that he will have to turn up whenever he is asked to.
Khan allegedly ran over some pavement-dwellers in Bandra, killing one and injuring four, on September 28, 2002.
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