JODHPUR – Salman Khan bail plea hearing for the blackbuck poaching case (1998) has been adjourned to July 17. The court hearing was to be held today on Monday (May 7).
District and Session Judge Chandra Kumar Songara had ordered for the arguments to start in the session but Khan’s lawyer Mahesh Bora requested for more time.
Salman Khan had been previously convicted in the case and convicted to five years sentence for poaching and killing two blackbucks with a fine of INR10,000 while actors Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Tabu and Neelum have been acquitted under section 9/51 of the Indian Wildlife Act.
The incident took place while he was shooting for ‘Hum Saath Saath Hain’. The actor also was granted a bail plea after two nights in the Jodhpur Central jail.
The poaching took place near a village of Bishnois on October 1 and October 2, 1998, where blackbucks are revered and protected by the community. The Bishnois are key witnesses in the case against Salman Khan.
