High Court - Salman Khan to last

Mumbai: Jaiprakash Agarwal, joint secretary in the Union Home Ministry, said in an affidavit earlier that the Law Commission had recommended modification of sections 304 A and 279 of IPC to make drunk driving a more serious offence. The process had already begun and it will come up before the Cabinet soon, he said.

The maximum punishment for the offence under the sections 304 A is two years or fine or both, and imprisonment for six months or fine or both under the section 279. Khan's SUV had rammed a bakery in suburban Bandra on September 28, 2002, before running over a group of homeless people sleeping on the pavement outside, killing one person and injuring four. The actor was convicted on May 6 this year by the session’s court and sentenced to five years in jail, but the Bombay High Court acquitted him.