The actor appeared in Jodhpur court to record his statement in the Arms Act Case.
Salman Khan’s statement has been recorded at Jodhpur court today in regard to the 18-year-old Arms Act case and the next hearing will take place on April 4. This case was registered after the weapons, allegedly used by the 50-year-old actor in a poaching case at Kankani village where he had allegedly hunted down two black bucks on October 1 and 2, 1998, had their licences expired. While a case against him for poaching a blackbuck near Jodhpur’s Kankani is still underway, the forest department filed a separate case under the Arms Act. After Salman recorded his statement in the Arms Act case, his lawyer revealed that the superstar claimed in the court that ‘he was falsely implicated."
On March 3, the court of chief judicial magistrate (CJM) Jodhpur district had set March 10 as the date for recording the statement in regard to the incident that took place while shooting for Sooraj Barjatya’s ‘Hum Saath Saath Hain.’ In a major relief to the actor, the Jodhpur court had last year accepted his plea to produce four witnesses in the case. The Rajasthan High Court had ordered for the submission of files related to the sanction procedure for prosecution by district collector to the court. Khan had moved a petition in the High Court seeking permission to make the documents pertaining to the prosecution sanction by the then district magistrate available to him.
Salman Khan's legal troubles are still not over. The actor is set to appear in Jodhpur court to record his statement in the Arms Act Case. On March 3, the court of chief judicial magistrate (CJM) Jodhpur district had set March 10 as the date for recording the statement. The incident took place 18 years ago near Jodhpur, while shooting for Sooraj Barjatya’s Hum Saath Saath Hain.
The Arms Act case was registered after the weapons, allegedly used by the 50-year-old actor in a poaching case at Kankani village, where he had allegedly hunted down two black bucks on October 1 and 2, 1998, had their licences expired. The District and Session Court gave the order to record the statement after rejecting an application of the defence seeking recalling of a prosecution witness for his examination.
Last year, in a major relief to the actor, the Jodhpur court had accepted his plea to produce four witnesses in the case. The Rajasthan High Court had ordered for the submission of files related to the sanction procedure for prosecution by district collector to the court.
The trial of the case was completed with the re-examination of 5 prosecution witnesses on Wednesday, immediately after which defence counsel H M Saraswat had moved a fresh application to recall Mishra. But the magistrate Dalpat Singh Rajpurohit rejected the application today stating that enough time for re-examination has been given to the defence.
Salman Khan had appeared in the court for the same purpose on April 29 last year for recording his statements and pleaded innocence but before the court could consider his plea, the defence had moved an application seeking re-examination of 5 prosecution witnesses of the case.
The case under Arms Act against Salman Khan was registered after the weapons, allegedly used by him in a poaching case at Kankani village where he had allegedly hunted down 2 black bucks on 1-2 October, 1998, had their licences expired. The judgment in the case under Arms Act was to be delivered on February 25 last year but emergence of a prosecution application had held up the judgment. After a decision on that application, the defence moved an application seeking re-examination of 5 prosecution witnesses, which were completed yesterday.
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