Jodhpur court acquits Salman Khan in Arms Act Case, actor thanks fans for support & good wishes

The Jodhpur Court on Wednesday acquitted Bollywood actor Salman Khan in an Arms Act case related to the alleged poaching of two blackbucks 18 years ago.

Chief Judicial Magistrate Dalpat Singh Rajpuroti acquitted 51-year-old Salman, who along with his sister Alvira was present in the court.​

Meanwhile, the actor took to micro-blogging site and thanked his fans. "Thank you for all the support and good wishes," Salman tweeted.

Thank you for all the support and good wishes

— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) January 18, 2017

The case was filed by the Forest Department. 

The case had reached the stage of judgement earlier on February 25, 2014 but sudden appearance of an undecided prosecution application before the trial court, moved by the then prosecution counsel in 2006 put off the verdict for two years.

Besides the cases of poaching of endangered antelopes under Wildlife (Protection) Act, a case under sections 3/25 and 3/27 of the Arms Act was filed against Khan for allegedly keeping and using the fire arms with expired licence in the poaching of blackbucks in Kankani near Jodhpur on October 1-2, 1998.

This was one of the four cases against the actor. While the Rajasthan High Court has acquitted him in two cases of poaching of chinkara, trial in the third case of alleged poaching of two blackbucks is on.

Before this, Khan had appeared in the court on March 10 last year for recording of his statements, wherein he had pleaded innocence and had stated that he had been framed in the case by the forest department.