Salman Khan, who was convicted today and sentenced to five for killing two blackbucks in Jodhpur 20 years ago, had in an interview to NDTV in 2012 said that the cases against him have been dragging on for years as questions would be raised on the judge's integrity if he is acquitted and the case against him wrapped up soon. "It would take a Dabang (fearless) judge to set me free," Salman Khan had said.