Court cases haunt Salman Khan

Tuesday, August 07, 2007
After Sanjay Dutt, it's Salman Khan's turn to face the music in court. He will soon be presenting himself in front of a judge to appeal against a five-year jail term, issued to him in April 2006, for hunting gazelle, a protected species, during a trip to Rajasthan. In February 2006, the same court had convicted the actor for killing two black bucks, a protected antelope species, during a hunting trip in 1998. Salman is out on bail.

But there are too many cases for the actor to dodge. He is also facing trial in Mumbai in a 2002 hit-and-run in which one person was killed and three others injured. Salman allegedly drove his vehicle into a group of homeless people sleeping on a pavement. Salman faces 10 charges, including causing death by negligent driving, which carries two years in prison. The actor has pleaded not guilty on all counts.