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Will Salman Khan Get Bail In Blackbuck Poaching Case? Verdict After Lunch

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Channel: TV9 Kannada · 2018 · News & Politics

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JODHPUR:  Whether superstar Salman Khan, who spent the last two nights in Jodhpur central Jail after being found guilty in a 20-year-old blackbuck poaching case, will continue to stay as Qaidi No 106 or be allowed bail now rests on a decision due to be announced today at around 2 pm after a Jodhpur court's lunch break. Judge Ravindra Kumar Joshi, who began hearing his bail request this morning for the second day, is expected to announce his decision then.

The 52-year-old actor was given a jail sentence of five years for killing two blackbucks 20 years ago in Kankani village, near Jodhpur in Rajasthan, during the shooting of a multi-starrer, "Hum Saath Saath Hain". His co-actors Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Neelam Kothari and Sonal Bendre, who were in the SUV that the Dabangg star was driving during their alleged late night hunting outing, were, however, acquitted by the Jodhpur sessions court.

In the hearing today, the prosecution talked about the credibility of the witnesses and hinged the case on the post-mortem report which said that the blackbucks had gunshot wounds. However, Salman's lawyers argued that only the bones of the animals were sent for evaluation when their skins, as crucial, weren't. They are also asking for bail on grounds that the witnesses against him are not reliable.

Judge Joshi, who is in the middle of the annual reshuffle of judges in Rajasthan, had, on Friday, put off the hearing by a day as he wanted to go through the entire case record before making a decision. He will be replaced by Chandra Kumar Songara, district and sessions judge of Bhilwara within the next week.


On Thursday, Judge Dev Kumar Khatri had convicted Salman Khan for poaching two endangered blackbucks in 1998. The case against him was brought by members of the Bishnoi community, who revere antelopes. The community has pursued the case for almost two decades and welcomed his conviction. 

In the numerous hearings over the years, the actor and his counsels insisted that he was being framed. Reports that the animals died of "overeating" or that they were killed by dogs were also submitted in court to establish his innocence.

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