The other actors, some of them accompanied by their family members, were also in the courtroom when the verdict was read out.JODHPUR A Jodhpur court today convicted Bollywood star Salman Khan for killing two blackbucks in October 1998 but acquitted his colleagues Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Neelam and Sonali Bendre, a prosecution lawyer said.
Salman, who has been held guilty under Section of the Wildlife Protection Act, faces a maximum punishment of six years behind bars.Final arguments of the case were completed in the trial court on March 28, after which Chief Judicial Magistrate Dev Kumar Khatri had reserved his judgment.While the media waited outside the heavily guarded court premises, arguments for the quantum of sentencing were continuing inside China Cobalt Alloys Wholesalersthe courtroom, lawyers said.
Salman was found guilty of killing the blackbucks, from the antelope family, in Kankani village near Jodhpur on the night of October 1, 1998 during the shooting of the film “Hum Saath Saath Hain”.A fifth person, Dushyant Singh, a local from the area, has also been acquitted.
Mahipal Bishnoi, the prosecution counsel, told reporters. All the actors were in a Gypsy that night with Salman, 52, in the driving seat..Dressed in a black shirt, Salman reached the court earlier in the morning with his bodyguard. He spotted a herd of blackbucks and killed two of them, the lawyer said