Hearing in the infamous black buck poaching case, involving film actor Salman Khan, could not reach the last stage owing to a technical objection raised by the counsel for the film star.
Advocate Hastimal Sarswat, appearing for Khan and comedian Satish Shah, questioned the legality of the statements of one of the prosecution witnesses, Angad Lal, saying he had not been examined by the defence lawyers.
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He also submitted a request that the court only entertain properly examined witnesses against the accused.
Chief judicial magistrate Briendra Kumar accepted the contention on Friday and fixed August 16 as the date of the next hearing in the 7-year-old case.
The prosecution, on its part, protested against another application moved by the actor seeking exemption from personal appearance in the trial.
