Friday, January 27 2006 14:50 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Mumbai: The trial in a hit-and-run case, in which actor Salman Khan is facing the charge of killing one person and injuring four, would resume in a local court on February two with the examination of a key witness.

On last occasion, the court had issued bailable warrant against witness Ravindra Patil who failed to turn up for cross-examination.

He was told to appear without fail on February two, Salman's lawyer Dipesh Mehta told sources.

The prosecution's case has received a boost with Patil telling the trial court that the actor drove rashly on September 28, 2002, killing one and injuring four when his car rammed into a bakery.

Patil, who was accompanying Salman as police bodyguard in the same car which met with the accident, told the suburban Bandra magistrate that he had warned the actor not to drive rashly or else he would meet with an accident but he did not pay heed to his advice.

The examination of the witness has already concluded and Salman's lawyer Dipesh Mehta is all set to cross-examine him on February two.

"We shall grill Patil and seek to demolish his claim about cautioning Salman", Mehta said.