BREAKING! Salman gets 5-year jail term in blackbuck poaching case

Jodhpur: A trial court in Jodhpur today convicted Salman Khan in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case and awarded five years jail term to the Bollywood Bhaijaan. The four other co-accused – Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Neelam – have been acquitted of all charges.

The trial of the case was in progress since the last 19 years and the judge in a court here had reserved the order after the final arguments on March 28.  Arguments were in progress in the court regarding the quantum of punishment for Salman.

Salman was accused in the case which took place while he was shooting for the film "Hum Saath-Saath Hain" in 1998. Jeev Raksha Bishnoi Sabha has protested against the decision of acquitting the other accused stars.

Their acquittal will be challenged in the high court, said Shivraj Bishnoi, state president of the organisation.