Salman Khan handed two years in jail in poaching case
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NEW DEHLI:Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has been awarded two-year jail term after being convicted in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case.
However, his co-stars from movie ‘Hum Saath Saath Hain’ – Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Neelam – have been acquitted.
Chief Judicial Magistrate Dev Kumar Khatri of a Jodhpur court announced the ruling in the case that went on for 20 years.
Salman Khan faces charges under Section 51 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act.
The other actors were charged under Section 51 read with Section 149 (unlawful assembly) of the Indian Penal Code, according to Indian media reports.
Maximum punishment under Section 51 is six years. APP/AFP
