New Delhi: Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s fate seem to be on a roller coaster ride. In a setback to Bollywood actor Salman Khan, Supreme Court today set aside the Rajasthan High Court order staying his conviction in the blackbuck hunting case.
The 49-year-old actor was awarded a five-year jail term by the trial court, reportedly. Bollywood actor had earlier submitted that he would have faced hardship if his conviction would not have been stayed by the high court as it adversely affected his right to travel abroad.
A Bench comprising Justices SJ Mukhopadhyay and AK Goel had on November 5 last year reserved is judgement after raising question on the Rajasthan High Court decision staying the mega star’s conviction without going into the merits of the case and just to pave the way for him to get the visa to travel to the United Kingdom for professional purposes.
Khan was convicted and sentenced to one-year and five-year prison terms in separate cases of poaching of two Chinkaras at Bhawad and one blackbuck at Ghoda Farm (Mathania) on the intervening night of September 26-27, 1998 and September 28-29, 1998 respectively.
The actor had approached the high court in 2007 seeking a stay on his conviction by a trial court so that he could file a fresh application for a British visa. Besides Khan, actors Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Tabu and Neelam were accused of poaching near Jodhpur during the shooting of the film ‘Hum Saath Saath Hain’.
Bureau Report
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