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Salman Khan acquitted in blackbuck poaching case

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Salman Khan acquitted in blackbuck poaching case

A Rajasthan high court acquitted superstar Salman Khan in the Jodhpur blackbuck and chinkara poaching cases, Indian media reported.

Khan was accused of killing a blackbuck and a chinkara in the year 1998 after which a lower Rajasthan court sentenced him to 1 and 5 years in jail in the two cases.

The 50-year-old superstar then turned to a high court in Rajasthan and challenged the lower court’s verdict. The high court completed hearing the cases in the last week of May but reserved its decision at the time.

Khan was accused of killing the animals in Bhawad on the outskirts of Jodhpur and another in Ghoda Farms on in September 1998.

At that time of the alleged incidents he was shooting for the film "Hum Sath Sath Hain" in Jodhpur.