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Indian Bollywood film actor Salman Khan leaves his home to appear at a Sessions Court in Mumbai on May 8, 2015. Salman Khan's five-year prison sentence for killing a homeless man with his SUV after a night out drinking 13 years ago was suspended on May 8, 2015, pending an appeal. (AFP)
Thirteen years after Bollywood superstar Salman Khan was charged in a hit-and-run case, the Bombay High Court on Thursday has acquitted him of all charges against him, reports said.
Salman was acquitted of the charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder in the 2002 case.
As the verdict was pronounced, the 49-year-old actor broke down in court, surrounded by his family.
Meanwhile, the scene outside the star's Mumbai home erupted in excited cheers.
The Bombay High Court, which has been hearing an appeal against a five-year-sentence handed out to the actor by a sessions court in May, said that prosecution had failed to prove that the actor had consumed liquor and was driving the Toyota Land Cruiser when the mishap occurred, giving Khan 'the benefit of doubt'.
Hence his five year sentence has been set aside .
In the early hours of September 28, 2002, Khan's white Toyota Land Cruiser rammed into the American Express Bakery in suburban Bandra, close to his sea-front home in Galaxy Apartments, before fleeing from the accident site.
One pavement-dweller sleeping outside the bakery was killed and four others were injured, leading to Khan's arrest.
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