Superstar Salman Khan, who was in jail for the last two days in Jodhpur Central Jail after being found guilty in the Blackbuck poaching case, has been given bail by a court in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur. Judge Ravindra Kumar Joshi, who was there for the hearing of his case, has given him bail after the lunch.
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The actor got a five-year term jail for killing two blackbucks which is an endangered animal in Kankani village, 20-years-ago during the shoot of ‘Hum Saath Saath Hain’. His co-actors Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Neelam Kothari and Sonal Bendre, who were in the SUV that he was driving during their alleged late-night hunting outing, were, however, acquitted by the Jodhpur sessions court.
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In the hearing on Saturday, the prosecution judge talked about the lack of witnesses and their credibility and hinged the case on the post-mortem report which said that the blackbucks had gunshot wounds. However, Salman’s lawyers argued that only the bones of the animals were sent for evaluation when their skins, as crucial, weren’t. They are also asking for bail on grounds that the witnesses against him are not reliable.