All Petitions Associated To Salman Khan’s Blackbuck Poaching Case Transferred To Rajasthan HC

New Delhi: The Rajasthan Excessive Court docket on Monday allowed the switch petition of Bollywood actor Salman Khan within the 1998 blackbuck poaching case. The pleas referring to the actor will now be heard by the Excessive Court docket as an alternative of the periods court docket, ANI reported.

Salman Khan had filed a petition within the periods court docket to switch the pending enchantment to the Excessive Court docket. This was accepted on Monday.

1998 blackbuck poaching case | Rajasthan Excessive Court docket permits the switch petition of actor Salman Khan. The pleas referring to the actor will now be heard within the Excessive Court docket.

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Salman Khan has been accused of looking and killing two blackbucks in Rajasthan’s Kankani whereas capturing for the movie “Hum Saath Saath Hain”.

The Bollywood star was accused beneath Part 9/51 of the Indian Wildlife (Safety) Act, 1972.

A cost was additionally filed in opposition to Salman Khan beneath sections 3/25 and three/27 of the Weapons Act for allegedly sustaining and utilizing firearms with expired licences in blackbuck poaching.

Salman Khan was sentenced to 5 years in jail by the Rajasthan Excessive Court docket in 2007. Nonetheless, the court docket finally suspended it after he served per week in jail.

The Rajasthan Excessive Court docket finalised the accusations in opposition to the actor in 2012, paving the way in which for a brand new trial.

In 2014, a authorized notification was despatched to Salman, interesting a previous suspension order issued by the HC in 2007 in regards to the actor’s conviction.

After the Rajasthan Excessive Court docket acquitted the actor of all fees, the Rajasthan authorities filed an enchantment earlier than the Supreme Court docket in 2016.

The Supreme Court docket ordered to speed up the case’s listening to process.

Later, a trial court docket convicted Salman responsible of killing two blackbucks in 2018.

Furthermore, his Hum Saath Saath Hain co-stars Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Neelam, and Tabu had been additionally prosecuted beneath Part 51 of the Wildlife (Safety) Act and Part 149 of the Indian Penal Code (illegal meeting). They had been, nevertheless, acquitted subsequently.