Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s bail hearing with respect to the blackbuck poaching case has been adjourned to Saturday by District and Sessions Court Judge Ravindra Kumar Joshi. Speaking to the media on Friday, Joshi confirmed that he has reserved the judgment till April 7.
Jodhpur Court reserves order till tomorrow on #SalmanKhan's bail plea #BlackBuckPoachingCase pic.twitter.com/WADiYarSRg
— ANI (@ANI) April 6, 2018
This means that the actor will have to stay yet another night in the Jodhpur Central Jail, where he was lodged in barrack number 1, on Thursday soon after he was convicted. His case at the sessions court was represented by senior advocate Mahesh Bora. The lawyer claimed that he has since been receiving a lot of threats via calls and messages.
Yesterday I got threatening SMSes and internet calls warning me not to appear for Salman Khan in bail hearing today: Mahesh Bora,Salman’s Counsel #BlackBuckCase #JodhpurCourt pic.twitter.com/1oceG8uXQY
— ANI (@ANI) April 6, 2018
The Jodhpur court on April 5 convicted Salman Khan and acquitted the rest in the case that dates back to 1998. He has been sentenced to five years of imprisonment and a penalty of Rs 10,000 was also levied on him. All the accused in the case, including Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Neelam were present in the court at the time of the pronouncement of the verdict.
The actor had previously spent 18 days in the same jail in 1998, 2006 and 2007. The actor’s case was represented by defence counsel Hastimal Saraswat. The judgment was pronounced by Chief Justice Magistrate Dev Kumar Khatri at a hearing attended by Salman’s sisters Alvira and Arpita.
