Bollywood Star, Salman Khan Sentenced 5yrs for Fatal Hit & Run

One of India's most popular movie stars, Salman Khan,has been found guilty of fatal 2002 hit-and-run. Khan was sentenced to five years in jail Wednesday on charges of running over five men sleeping on a sidewalk and killing one in a hit-and-run case that has dragged for more than 12 years.

Judge D. W. Deshpande of the Mumbai Sessions court earlier Wednesday convicted Khan of culpable homicide. The 49-year-old actor was also given separate terms for negligent driving and causing grievous harm to the victims. All the sentences would run concurrently, defense lawyers said.

Khan plans to file an appeal for bail, said his lawyer, Srikant Shivade. He was scheduled to start starting serving the sentence in a Mumbai prison later Wednesday, Shivade said. The prosecution told the court that Khan was drunk when he rammed his SUV into a group of homeless people, sleeping on a sidewalk in September 2002.