Salman was in the court in connection with the recording of his statement as an accused in the Jodhpur chief judicial magistrate’s court in an over 17-year-old case of Arms Act violation. It was the third time that Salman came to the Jodhpur court for the same case.
During the course of hearing on Thursday, Salman pleaded “not guilty” on being asked about the allegations leveled by the prosecution.
He said to the court: “I’m not guilty and I have been falsely implicated.”
Salman’s sister Alvira and his bodyguard Shera were also present during the court proceedings. He stayed in the court for less than about half an hour.
Earlier the court was to pronounce its judgment in this case on February 25 last year. Salman appeared before the local court on April 29 last year, and also on March 3.
Salman and a few other Bollywood stars were accused of poaching blackbucks on the night of October 1-2, 1998, during the shooting of Hindi movie ‘Hum Saath Saath Hain.’
Two blackbucks, a protected animal under the Wildlife Protection Act, were killed on the outskirts of Kankani village near Jodhpur. Salman is accused of carrying and using illegal arms in killing the protected animals. He is also alleged to have been carrying arms with expired license.
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