Bollywood star, Salman Khan sentenced to 5 years in prison

One of India’s biggest movie stars, Salman Khan, was sentenced to five years in jail on Wednesday for a hit-and-run that occurred over a decade ago.

Khan, 49, was found guilty of culpable homicide for killing a homeless man in the 2002 hit-and-run in Mumbai. The actor had claimed that his driver had been behind the wheel at the time of the accident, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Judge D. W. Deshpande of the Mumbai Sessions court convicted Khan of culpable homicide.

Khan is one of Bollywood’s most popular stars, appearing in more than 90 Hindi-language films in his 27-year career.