Noted criminal lawyer Shrikant Shivade has passed away. He was only 67 years old and people are surprised by his demise at this age. Shivade was reportedly battling leukaemia (blood cancer) and Shrikant Shivade was in the news for several high profile cases. Yes, since handling Salman Khan's hit-and-run case, he had also fought celebrities like Saif Ali Khan and Shiney Ahuja and has made headlines. Shrikant Shivade, a law graduate from Indian Law Society, had represented Tyagi in 2G scam, Salman Khan in a hit-and-run case, Lt Col Prasad Purohit in Malegaon bomb blast case, Shiney Ahuja in a sexual assault case, former Mumbai police chief RD Tyagi in Suleman Bakery firing case, Deepak Kulkarni in a fraud case, Peter Mukherjee in Sheena Vohra case.

Not only that but in 2018, he successfully defended actors Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Neelam acquitted in the blackbuck poaching case in Rajasthan. However, Shrikant Shivade had been in the news for the Salman Khan hit-and-run issue and had given relief to the actor in the matter. You must be aware that the case dates from September 28, 2002, when Salman Khan spent the evening with his friends at Rain Bar and JW Marriott. He was then returning home from his White Land Cruiser when his car crushed people sleeping on the pavement.

Let me tell you that one was killed and four others were seriously injured in the incident. At that time, the sessions court had sentenced Salman to 5 years in jail in a hit-and-run case and then approached the high court and on December 10, 2015, the High Court acquitted Salman of all charges in the hit-and-run case.

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