SALMAN KHAN GRANTED BAIL IN BLACKBUCK POACHING CASES FROM JODHPUR COURT

SALMAN KHAN GRANTED BAIL IN BLACKBUCK POACHING CASES FROM JODHPUR HIGH COURT

                                                                 

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, Who spent the last 2 nights in Jodhpur Central Jail over the blackbuck poaching case, is ready to run out of jail this evening. judge Ravindra Kumar Joshi, Who began hearing his bail request this morning, has ordered his release on bail.

Salman Khan has been told to file a personal bail bond for Rs. 50,000  and produce an Rs. 25,000 surety from 2 persons each who will guarantee that he can accommodate all bail conditions. Lawyers told NDTV that the bail documents would be sent to Jodhpur Central Jail by around 5 pm and he could be released within the next hour or 2. But he cannot leave the country while not the court's permission.

The 52-year-old actor was sentenced to 5 years for killing 2 blackbucks twenty years ago in Kankani village, close to Jodhpur in Rajasthan, throughout the shooting of a multi-starrer, "Hum Saath Saath Hain"

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His co-actors Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Neelam Kothari and Sonal Bendre, Who were within the SUV that the Dabangg star was driving throughout their alleged late-night hunting outing, were, however, guiltless by the Jodhpur sessions court.

In the hearing these days, the prosecution talked regarding the believability of the witnesses and hinged the case on the post-mortem report which said that the blackbucks had gunfire wounds. However, Salman's lawyers argued that only the bones of the animals were sent for analysis once their skins, as crucial, weren't. They asked for bail on grounds that the witnesses against him weren't reliable.

judge Joshi, Who is in the middle of the annual reshuffle of judges in Rajasthan, had, on Friday, delay the hearing by daily as he wished to travel through the complete case record before making a decision. He is going to be replaced by Chandra Kumar Songara, district and sessions judge of  Bhilwara within the next week.

On Thursday, judge Dev Kumar Khatri had guilty Salman Khan for poaching 2 vulnerable 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 nearly twenty years and welcomed his conviction.

"In many hearings over the years, the actor and his lawyer insisted that they are being framed."Reports that the animals died of "overeating" or that they were killed by dogs were additionally submitted in court to ascertain his innocence.

"In an interview in 2009, Salman Khan told NDTV that he" saved the deer "and fed biscuits." We threw a bush ". He was petrified. I took him out of there, gave him some water. The whole herd was there. (The fawn) ate a couple of biscuits and went away".

The blackbuck, an endangered species, is protected under Schedule one of the Indian Wildlife Act and the punishment for hunting blackbuck can be up to 6 years. Salman Khan has additionally been defendant of killing 2 chinkaras and a blackbuck in September 1998. In all, 3 cases of poaching and one under the Arms Act were registered against Salman Khan in 1998.

"In July 2016, Salman Khan was convicted in the Rajasthan High Court in the case of chinkara hunting.". A year later, the Jodhpur court guiltless him in the Arms Case, wherever he was defendant of possessing and using weapons with an expired licence throughout the seek for the vulnerable chinkaras and blackbucks.

This was the actor's fourth stint in this prison. He has spent a complete of twenty days within the jail in 1998, 2006, 2007 and this time.