Family members, well-wishers visit Salman ahead of hit-and-run verdict

Family members and well-wishers of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan visited his Bandra residence here on Wednesday ahead of the verdict in the 2002 hit-and-run case.

Salman's father Salim Khan, brother Sohail Khan, sister Arpita and close friend Baba Siddiqui were among those who turned up at the Galaxy Apartments.

According to reports, Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan had visited Salman last evening.

Salman, who has over Rs. 200 crores riding on him, if convicted faces the prospect of up to 10 years behind bars.

The actor's driver Ashok Singh had earlier in March told the Mumbai sessions court that he was driving the car.

Salman, who deposed before the court in Mumbai last month, denied that he was drunk on the intervening night of September 27-28 in 2002 and that he was driving the car at the time of the accident.

The actor is accused of culpable homicide not amounting to murder in the hit-and-run case, a charge that carries a maximum penalty of ten years in prison.

He has been booked under Section 304 A of the Indian Penal Code (rash and negligent driving), 279 (rash driving), 337 (causing minor injuries), 338 (causing major injuries) and 427 (negligence) in connection with the case.

His trial began in the Bandra Magistrate Court in Maharashtra in 2006.

The actor was earlier being tried on the charge of death by negligence

which carries a maximum prison term of two years.