Jodhpur:
Bollywood actor Salman Khan has been directed by a Jodhpur court to present himself before September 20, 2011. The appearance is in connection with his appeal against his poaching conviction.
Salman was sentenced to one-year imprisonment for killing two chinkaras (gazelles) in Bhawad village, near Jodhpur, on September 26, 1998. The sentence was handed down by a Jodhpur court February 17, 2006.
The court had found Salman guilty under Section 51 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. After his conviction, he spent three nights in Jodhpur Central Jail before the district and sessions court gave him bail.
Salman filed an appeal against the conviction March 9, 2006.
Salman was sentenced to one-year imprisonment for killing two chinkaras (gazelles) in Bhawad village, near Jodhpur, on September 26, 1998. The sentence was handed down by a Jodhpur court February 17, 2006.
The court had found Salman guilty under Section 51 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. After his conviction, he spent three nights in Jodhpur Central Jail before the district and sessions court gave him bail.
Salman filed an appeal against the conviction March 9, 2006.
