Blackbuck Poaching Case Salman Khan reaches Jodhpur Court, hearing begins in the case

Bollywood actor Salman Khan, who along with the star cast of Hum Saath Saath Hain arrived in Jodhpur on Wednesday where the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court will announce the verdict in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case against the stars for killing two blackbucks, has been convicted. Final arguments of the 19-year-old case were completed in the trial court on March 28, 2018, after which Chief Judicial Magistrate Dev Kumar Khatri reserved the judgment for April 5, 2018. The superstar was accused of killing 2 blackbucks on the intervening night of 1-2 October in 1998 in Bhagoda ki Dhani in Kankani village near Jodhpur during the shooting of blockbuster Hum Saath Saath Hain. While the actor is facing the charges under Section 51 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act other actors have been booked under Section 51 read with Section 149 (unlawful assembly) of the Indian Penal Code. The maximum punishment under Section 51 is likely to be 6 years.