The verdict for Salman Khan’s 1998 Arms Act case is out. Salman Khan has been acquitted of the charges.
Salman Khan had pleaded "not guilty" to charges of violating the law by keeping unlicensed weapons and using them. Salman Khan's lawyer argued that there is no evidence that he was carrying firearms, and that he was only carrying air guns. The actor has also said he was framed.
A week later (January 25), Salman will travel to Jodhpur, yet again to record his statement in the blackbuck poaching case. Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Tabu and Neelam Kothari will join him.
For those who’ve come in late, here's what happened: A case was registered against Salman under the Arms Act for alleged possession and use of arms with expired license during poaching of two blackbucks, a protected animal under the Wildlife Protection Act, at village Kankani near Jodhpur in October, 1998.
The superstar was shooting Hum Saath Saath Hain when the incident occurred. While the lower court found him guilty, he was acquitted by the High Court.He has already been acquitted by the Rajasthan High Court in two cases related to the killing of endangered chinkara deer.
Apart from the blackbuck poaching case, Salman’s 2002 hit-and-run is pending at the apex Indian court.In March 2016, the Bombay high court suspended the actor's five-year prison sentence in a hit-and-run case. He was convicted for killing a homeless man with his SUV on a night out drinking in September 2002.
The 51-year-old arrived in the city with his sister Alvira on Tuesday evening.
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Salman Khan has returned from Jodhpur. Here are the
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