A sessions court on Tuesday rejected the plea of the prosecution in the 2002 hit-and-run case seeking a direction to actor Salman Khan to produce his driving licence to prove the charge that he was driving car at the time of mishap without valid papers. Special public prosecutor Pradeep Gharat argued that Khan did not possess a licence when his car ran over people sleeping on the pavement in suburban Bandra on September 28, 2002, killing one person and injuring four. 

He (Khan) obtained a driving licence only in 2004, as per the record available with Regional Transport Office, said the prosecution. The actor has denied that he was driving the car at the time. He has also disputed the RTO record. His lawyer, Srikant Shivade, opposed the prosecution's application, saying it was not maintainable. 

Khan's lawyer opposed the prosecution's application saying it violated the fundamental right against exploitation enshrined in the Constitution as it had asked the accused to produce documents incriminating him. He argued that the prosecution should prove its case that Khan was not holding driving licence without asking him to produce it.