Have preferred an appeal to sessions court, says lawyer
MUMBAI: Salman Khan’s lawyers said they will appeal to the sessions court to seek relief for the actor, who was on Thursday sentenced to five years in jail in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case.
The 52-year-old actor has been sent to Jodhpur Central Jail for killing two blackbucks in October 1998. Anand Desai, Salman’s legal counsel, said although they respected the court’s verdict, the decision “came as a surprise” as the actor had been acquitted in the previous cases that had the same facts as in this one.
“We respect the decision of the Hon’ble Court. While we are studying the judgment, it just came as a surprise, as the entire investigation, and facts of this case were the same as those for which Salman has been acquitted by the Hon’ble High Court of Rajasthan in two cases, and even by the Hon’ble CJM in the Arms Act matter for the alleged offence on the very same night as is the subject matter of the present case,” Desai said in a statement. “Also, in the present case the Hon’ble Court has acquitted all the 5 co-accused which would imply that Salman was out hunting alone in the middle of the night in a remote area outside Jodhpur. We have preferred an appeal to the Hon’ble Sessions Court and applied for an urgent hearing today,” he added.
According to Desai, the sessions court will hear the appeal for suspension of the sentence/ bail at 10.30am on Friday. Big in size
Males have big horns
The coats show two-tone colour. While the upper body of males is black and the lower is white, females are a combination of brown and white
* Chinkara is a gazelle*, a sub-sect of the antelope Small in size
Both males and females have horns
Male and female coats are brown in colour
SALMAN’S LEGAL COUNSEL SAID THOUGH THEY RESPECTED
THE COURT’S VERDICT, THE DECISION ‘CAME AS A SURPRISE’