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Salman Khan cleared in poaching cases
JODHPUR: An Indian court on Monday acquitted Bollywood superstar Salman Khan of killing protected wildlife 18 years ago, ending the latest long-running case against the actor.Khan was convicted in 2006 of hunting rare gazelles while he was shooting a film in the northern state of Rajasthan eight years earlier.
He was sentenced to one and five years in jail for two separate cases of shooting the animals, but the actor has filed appeals that have kept him from serving the stints.
High Court judge Nirmaljit Kaur cleared the actor in both cases, ruling that the pellets recovered from the animals were not fired from Khan´s gun.
"The honourable high court has not agreed to the prosecution evidence or its documents in both the cases. Definitely, it´s a good thing that an innocent man has received justice," Khan´s lawyer Hastimal Saraswat told NDTV.
The 50-year-old bachelor was not in court in the northern city of Jodhpur to hear the judgement.
He was sentenced to one and five years in jail for two separate cases of shooting the animals, but the actor has filed appeals that have kept him from serving the stints.
High Court judge Nirmaljit Kaur cleared the actor in both cases, ruling that the pellets recovered from the animals were not fired from Khan´s gun.
"The honourable high court has not agreed to the prosecution evidence or its documents in both the cases. Definitely, it´s a good thing that an innocent man has received justice," Khan´s lawyer Hastimal Saraswat told NDTV.
The 50-year-old bachelor was not in court in the northern city of Jodhpur to hear the judgement.
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