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Salman Khan acquitted in Blackbuck, Chinkara poaching cases

Salman Khan acquitted in Blackbuck, Chinkara poaching cases

The actor manages to slip out of jail-time yet again
25 Jul, 2016

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan escapes jail time yet again after Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur announced the actor's acquittal in the two poaching cases, early Monday morning.

According to NDTV, Salman, who was accused - along with seven others - of killing a blackbuck and chinkara (endangered gazelle), had earlier appealed to the High Court challenging the lower court’s verdict for handing him one and five years’ imprisonment in the two separate cases of poaching.

One of the animals was killed at Bhawad on the outskirts of Jodhpur on September 26, 1998, and the other at Ghoda Farms on September 28, 1998, during the time they were shooting his film Hum Sath Sath Hain.

In 2007 Salman had served jail time of one week for the 1998 poaching case.

This is not the first time the actor has landed himself in trouble.

His recent rape comment during the promotions of his film Sultan, rubbed India's National Commission for Women (NCW) the wrong way. He was since ordered by the NCW to apologise for his insensitive comment, which has landed on deaf ears.

In May 2015, Khan was charged by the Mumbai High Court with culpable homicide and handed a five-year sentence for crashing his SUV into a group of homeless men in India's entertainment capital Mumbai in 2002 and then fleeing the scene.

However, earlier this year, Salman was acquitted by the Bombay High Court (BHC) of all charges in a 2002 hit-and-run case as the 'prosecution failed to establish its case against the star'.

Comments

ATHEIST!! Jul 25, 2016 12:30pm
Take this case to the Honorable supreme Court. He should not get away easily after committing crimes. When a common man is jailed for killing an endangered specie, a star should be jailed too.
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wellwisher Jul 25, 2016 12:45pm
in footpath killing case, Salman spent 28 crores Rs., as per his father.Wonder how much he spent now.Justice has price.Disgusting
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Citizen Jul 25, 2016 12:45pm
He is Mr India. Never visible at Crime Scene
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Sudhanshu Swami Jul 25, 2016 12:54pm
@wellwisher And family of Chinkara dont have single rupee, still reached so far !
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Pb Jul 25, 2016 01:07pm
If you have money, justice it yours..
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Red Planet Jul 25, 2016 01:10pm
Blackbuck and Chinkara must have committed suicide by shooting itself.
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Realist Jul 25, 2016 01:28pm
Its the court. Obviously there was not enough evidence to support the case against him.
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KT Jul 25, 2016 02:02pm
New trend to remain in lime-light. Just kill and case continues on-and-on and on ... I agree with previous posted comments that animal killed itself. The SUV driver seems unknown. and last but not the least. Salman is always right !
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Hamza Farooq Jul 25, 2016 02:34pm
All this case of 1998 over and over again coz he is Muslim, Wonder who are the others 7? "along with seven others "
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Ankur Jul 25, 2016 02:55pm
Thank god !! Otherwise I would I have lost believe on Money. !! Money => Good Advocate => Higher Probability of Winning
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Noshin Jul 25, 2016 04:52pm
Mr.Salman Khan is accused of very heinous crimes including the mystery of hit and run case. He is accused and not ashamed of his criminal status.
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Noshin Jul 25, 2016 04:54pm
Criminal record of Salman Khan is being removed and the accused get release of the case for which he was never behind the bars. ...hilarious
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KnowTheTruth Jul 26, 2016 12:11pm
he has made a grand mockery of the legal system
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