Salman Khan convicted by Jodhpur court in Black Buck poaching case

A court here on Thursday held Bollywood actor Salman Khan guilty in the 1998 blackbuck killing case. The other four accused stars Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Neelam were acquitted.

"Argument on quantum of punishment is on. Salman Khan's counsels are praying for probati," NS Solanki, lawyer of Dushyant Singh who was co-accused in blackbuck poaching case told ANI. 

The actor is accused of killing two blackbucks in the Kankani village near Jodhpur in 1998 during the shooting of the



film 'Hum Saath Saath Hain'.The other actors involved in this case are, Saif Ali, Sonali Bendre, Neelam and Tabu. They have been charged under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.

The Jodhpur Chief Judicial Magistrate Court on March 25 under Jodhpur District Presiding Officer Devkumar Khatri issued the date for the judgment in the 20-year-old case.

Salman Khan, 52, arrived from Mumbai in a chartered flight. He was in Abu Dhabi for the shooting for “Race 3”.