Salman Khan was pronounced guilty but
his fellow actors including Saif Ali Khan,
Tabu, Neelam, Sonali Bendre, and
Dushyant Singh were acquitted is far
from over. The Rajasthan government
will be appealing against the acquittal of
these actors and Singh who is a resident
of Jodhpur in the blackbuck poaching
case that dates back to 1998. The five
accused were acquitted by the court of
the chief judicial magistrate (Jodhpur
Rural) in April this year but looks like
their troubles are far from over.
The Court in its judgment on April 5,
found only Salman guilty of killing two
blackbucks in Kankani village, near
Jodhpur. The incident occurred on
October 1998 when the actors were
filming Sooraj Barjatya's Hum Saath Saath
Hain. Salman was sentenced to five years
imprisonment along with a monetary
fine of Rs 10,000. However, he is out on
bail. Previously the actor was also barred
from travelling abroad but now that
order has been lifted.
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A leading daily quoted the additional
advocate general SK Vyas, "A few days
back, we received the sanction from the
state government to appeal against the
acquittal of Khan, Tabu, Neelam, Bendre,
and Singh. After the verdict, the public
prosecutor of the trial court had given
his opinion to the law department
whether an appeal should be filed. The
law department and the state
government considered all the facts and
they have given sanction for filing an
appeal. The sanction came recently and
we will be filing the appeal at the
Rajasthan High Court.
Apparently, the officials have also asked
that along with the four actors, the
appeal will request that Dinesh Gawre
who was also charged in the case but
has been absconding for a long time be
tried as an accused in the blackbuck
poaching case.
https://www.peepingmoon.com/celeb-crime/blackbuck-case-trouble-for-saif-sonali-tabu-neelam-as-rajasthan-govt-will-appeal-against-their-acquittal-133690/.
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