Bollywood actor Salman Khan was acquitted of all charges in the Arms Act case against him in the alleged poaching of two black bucks on Wednesday. “Salman Khan (has been) acquitted in the Arms Act case after the prosecution failed to provide conclusive evidence,” the film star’s lawyer said.
Khan reached Jodhpur on Tuesday evening by a chartered flight along with his sister Alveera and some advocates. Khan headed straight to the hotel from the airport.
The actor was present in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (Jodhpur district) today, where the verdict of the case against him for alleged use and possession of fire arms with expired license was pronounced.
As said by the prosecution counsel Bhawani Singh Bhati, the arguments in the case had been concluded on January 9 in the trial court. The magistrate had reserved the order then and it pronounced it today.
Throughout the hearing, while the defence had confronted that there was no proof against the actor in the case and he was framed by the forest department, the prosecution had said that there was sufficient evidence against Khan for use and possession of the arms with expired license.
In October 1998, a case under Sections 3/25 and 3/27 was filed by the police against Khan. As per the case, Khan had kept the .22 rifle and .32 revolvers with him. The actor used them during poaching of two black bucks in village Kankani in Jodhpur on 1-2 October, 1998.
Notably, there were total four cases against him, on which he has already been acquitted in two by the high court. The third case of poaching is in its closing stage. The sentence in Section 3/25 is 3 years while Section 3/27 has 7 years.
