A court here on Monday ordered the personal appearance on May 19 of film stars Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Neelam, Tabu and Sonali Bendre in the black buck poaching case.
JODHPUR: A court here on Monday ordered the personal appearance on May 19 of film stars Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Neelam, Tabu and Sonali Bendre in the black buck poaching case.
While ordering the personal appearance of the film stars, the district judicial magistrate, Jodhpur, has directed reframing of charges against them in connection with the poaching of two endangered black bucks in Kanakani village in 1998.
The additional district and session judge No 3 ordered the dropping of some charges framed by the lower court against the film stars while partially allowing the revision petitions filed on behalf of Salman and others.
Counsels for Salman and other celebrities urged the court to fix a date to reframe the charges after May 14, since Salman is abroad.
They told the court that appeal filed by Salman against his conviction in two poaching cases is pending in court and on May 19 he will be present in the court of the district and sessions judge for the hearing and this date will be convenient for him and others.
After hearing the arguments, District Judicial Magistrate Dalpat Singh Rajpurohit fixed May 19 as the date for reframing the charges and ordered the personal appearance of Salman, Saif, Tabbu, Neelam and Sonali on that day.
The magistrate framed the charges against Salman and others on February 27 for the poaching of the black bucks on the intervening night of October 1 and 2, 1998 at Kankani village in Jodhpur.
The film stars challenged the order in the sessions court and it has transferred the case to additional district judge 3. On May 4, additional district judge 3 allowed the appeals filed by the film stars, while ordering dropping of some sections against them. Now, the lower court will reframe the charges under Section 51 and 52 of Wild Life Protection Act before starting the trial.
Last week, the court of the additional district judge, while partially allowing two revision petitions filed by the accused, had said the stars and another accused would face trial under Sections of the Wildlife Protection Act.
Charges were dropped against Salman under Section 27 of the Arms Act and Section 148 of the Indian Penal Code for possession of arms with intent to use for an unlawful purpose.
Charges framed against the other five accused under Sections 147 and 149 of IPC for being part of an unlawful assembly were also dropped.
Salman has been convicted in two poaching cases in Rajasthan and given two jail terms of five years and one year. He has filed appeals against both convictions in a higher court.
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