Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor today hoped his superstar-friend Salman Khan, charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder in the 2002 hit-and-run case, does not have to serve long years in jail

If convicted of culpable homicide, the 47-year-old star faces up to 10 years in jail. "It is a court matter so it is not fair to speculate on things.

But I hope nothing like (10 years in jail) happens. My heart says nothing will happen, " Kapoor said at an event here when asked to give his reaction on the charges framed against Salman by a local court earlier in the day.

Kapoor and Salman have shared screen space in films like 'Deewana Mastana', 'Biwi No. 1', 'No Entry', 'Salam-E-Ishq', 'Yuvraj' and 'Wanted'.