Many trophies of Salman Khan

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Salman Khan's letting off in the 2002 hit-and-run case brings to mind The Times of India headline on the day after the main accused in the Jessica Lall murder case, Manu Sharma, was acquitted by the trail court in 2006: "No one killed Jessica."

No one, then, was driving the Toyota Land Cruiser that crashed into the American Express Bakery in Bandra on the night of September 28, 2002, killing one person and injuring four others. The case dragged for thirteen inglorious years at the end of which the main accused has been let off.

In fact, the similarities between the Lall and Khan cases don't end there. In Salman's case, the Bombay High Court has expressed concerns on the prosecution's inability to build a watertight case, with enough loose ends to merit an acquittal for Salman. The Delhi trial court had made similar comments when pronouncing its judgement in the Jessica Lall case. (The judgement of the trial court was subsequently overturned by the Delhi High Court.) Read more.