Salman
Khan
gets
5
years
Jail
in
Blackbuck
Poaching
case
|
FilmiBeat
The
argument
of
lawyers
over
Salman
Khan's
quantum
of
punishment
in
the
1998
blackbuck
poaching
case
is
complete,
and
the
Chief
Judicial
Magistrate
Dev
Kumar
Khatri
has
sentenced
Salman
Khan
to
5
years
in
prison
and
also
fined
him
Rs
10,000
under
Section
51
of
the
Wildlife
(Protection)
Act.
As
per
the
law,
if
the
punishment
was
under
three
years,
Salman
Khan
would
have
been
eligible
to
appeal
for
bail
at
the
higher
courts
as
the
Jodhpur
court
verdict
would
have
been
considered
as
not
the
final
say
in
the
case.
But
now
that
the
actor
has
been
sentenced
to
five
years
in
prison,
he
can't
be
granted
bail.
According
to
Public
Prosecutor
Bhawani
Singh
Bhati,
"All
of
them
were
in
a
gypsy
car
that
night,
with
Salman
Khan
in
the
driving
seat.
He,
on
spotting
a
herd
of
blackbucks,
shot
at
and
killed
two
of
them.
But
on
being
spotted
and
chased,
they
fled
from
the
spot
leaving
the
dead
animals
there."
Also,
the
Jodhpur
Court
acquitted
Saif
Ali
Khan,
Tabu,
Sonali
Bendre
and
Neelam
Kothari
in
the
blackbuck
poaching
case
and
left
they
walked
out
of
the
court
as
soon
as
the
judge
acquitted
them.
The
Bishnoi
community
in
the
village
have
been
protecting
the
blackbucks
for
years
and
were
the
first
ones
to
file
a
complaint
against
Salman
Khan
in
1998
and
allegedly
saw
the
actors
fleeing
in
a
jeep
after
hearing
gun
shots,
and
the
deer
carcass
was
found
on
the
ground.
Also,
the
acquitted
Neelam
Kothari's
husband,
Sameer
Soni
opened
up
to
News
18
by
saying,
"I
am
happy
about
Neelam's
conviction.
I
don't
know
why
Salman
was
singled
out.
I
think
he
is
paying
the
price
for
being
a
superstar."