New Delhi: Mohammed Muslim Niyat Shaikh, a key witness in the hit-and-run case involving actor Salman Khan, has turned hostile on Wednesday.
He told the court that he had not seen the person who was driving the car as he was hurt in the mishap and the passersby had surrounded him.
He was injured when the actor allegedly rammed his car into a bakery on September 28, 2002.
After that the prosecution declared him hostile and Salman's lawyer Dipesh Mehta then cross-examined him.
Shaikh told Mehta that he was injured in leg and he could not see the person who was driving the car when the mishap occurred.
However, on January 3, 2007, prosecution would examine another witness who was also injured in the mishap.
Out of 60 witnesses, six have already deposed. Among them were Ravindra Patil and Ramasray Pandey. Patil was Salman's bodyguard, while Pandey was sleeping in a shop adjacent to the accident site.
The third witness was the one who had prepared the panchnama at the site of the accident and the fourth was Shaikh Ibrahim, cousin of the deceased, Narulla Salim Shaikh.
The fifth, Shaikh, deposed on June 29, while Mohammed Muslim Niyat Shaikh was examined on Thursday.
Earlier, Shaikh had contradicted his statement during his deposition saying he and few others were sleeping on the footpath when a car had rammed into the bakery injuring them.
While giving evidence, Shaikh had disowned a crucial portion of his police statement, saying he had not seen Salman getting down from the car.
Shaikh had told the court he had heard people saying Salman come out of the car but he himself did not see the actor as he was underneath the vehicle.
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