Salman Khan blackbuck poaching case LIVE: Salman Khan found guilty in blackbuck poaching case. Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Neelam and Sonali Bendre acquitted in the case. The trial of the case has been in progress for the last 20 years.
Salman Khan blackbuck poaching case LIVE: A Jodhpur court on Thursday convicted actor Salman Khan in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case and handed him a five-year jail term, while acquitting co-accused Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Neelam and Tabu due to lack of strong evidence against them. A fifth person, Dushyant Singh, a local who was allegedly accompanying the actors when the poaching took place, has also been acquitted, Mahipal Bishnoi, the prosecution counsel, said. Salman was also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000. The actor’s lawyers will now approach the Rajasthan High Court for bail in the case.
Salman khan's top Developments :
- September-October 1998: Salman Khan, along with his co-stars from Hum Saath Saath Hain, are accused of blackbucks/chinkaras during the shooting for the film
- February 2006: He is convicted under the Wildlife Act and given a one-year jail term, for killing two chinkaras at Bhavad village in September 1998. This is overturned after an appeal.
- April 2006: A Jodhpur sessions court gives him a five-year-sentence, in the second chinkara case, where he was accused of hunting a blackbuck in Ghoda farms. He spends three days in jail after which he is granted bail.
- June 2006: A local Jodhpur court frams charges against the actors in the third case. The charges were framed against Salman Khan under Section 51 (hunting) of the Wildlife Protection Act and against actors Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre, Neelam and local resident Dushyant Singh under Section 52 (abetment) of the Act.
- November 2013: Rajasthan High Court suspends the five-year sentence given in April 2006.
- January 2015: Supreme Court sets aside Rajasthan High Court’s stay on the sentence.
- July 2016: Rajasthan High Court acquits Salman Khan in the two chinakara poaching cases.
- January 2017: Jodhpur court acquits Khan in the Arms Case, where he was accused of possessing and weapons with an expired licence during the hunt for the endangered chinkaras and blackbucks
- April 2018: Jodhpur court convicts Khan in the blackbuck poaching case, acquits the other actors involved
Quantum of punishment :
Khan has been convicted under Section 9 and 51 of the Wildlife Protection Act. The maximum sentence under the law is six years.
If the sentence is for three years or less, the magistrate’s court is likely to suspend the punishment, reports our correspondent Mohammad Iqbal from Jodhpur. If more, Mr. Khan will have to move the Sessions Court for bail.
The charge against the other actors was under Section 149 (unlawful assembly) of the IPC. Their acquittal means the court has accepted that there is no sufficient evidence to prove this.
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