Salman Khan sentenced to one year
Jodhpur:
Bollywood actor Salman Khan, who was booked under the Wildlife Protection
Act, has been sentenced to one year imprisonment in the blackbuck poaching
case. Giving its verdict, the Jodhpur Court also directed Khan to pay
a fine of Rs 5000. Meanwhile, six others accused in the case, namely Saif
Ali Khan, Satish Shah, Sonali Bendre, Tabu and Neelam Kothari have been
acquitted by the court. Khan was facing charges of shooting two blackbucks
and a Chinkara (Indian gazelle) in a forest near Jodhpur during the filming
of the movie 'Hum Saath Saath Hain' in 1998. Salman was arrested earlier
in the case and granted bail, while the others had secured anticipatory
bail. In December last year, a Rajasthan court had cancelled Salman's
bail after he missed a scheduled court appearance. The chief judicial
magistrate of Jodhpur, BK Jain, had issued a non- bailable warrant against
the actor for disobeying the court and thrice failing to appear in the
court in the blackbuck poaching case. Justice S C Dharmadhikari granted
Salman a protection period till December 20 regarding the implementation
of the warrant. The court, however, asked him to appear before the competent
court within ten days in the blackbuck poaching cases. A Jodhpur court
had recently issued an arrest warrant against the Salman in the black
buck killing case. In his application, the actor said he had pleaded exemption
from personal appearance as he had undergone hair weaving surgery on December
11 and was advised not to move out for two days. The local court had adjourned
the hearing of the two cases till January 12. Last year, in the month
of June, Saif Ali Khan's father and cricket legend, Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi,
was charged with killing blackbuck, an endangered species, in Haryana.
Pataudi after denial was granted bail.
- Feb 17, 2006
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