Almost 20 years post the 1998 blackbuck poaching case, Salman Khan was convicted by a Jodhpur Court on Thursday. The actor, who was accused of killing two blackbucks along with his Hum Sath Sath Hain co-stars Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Neelam and Sonali Bendre, has been sentenced to 5-years imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 10,000. While a number of Bollywood celebs have come out and voiced their opinion on social media and otherwise, but turns out that Salman's close friend Shah Rukh Khan had already expressed his emotions in a previous interview.

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An old video clip from the said interview has surfaced online and has been doing the rounds on social media since quite sometime now. In the video, Shah Rukh can be seen talking about the downsides or disadvantages of being a star/celebrity. He also expressed that many a times the celebrities get judged even before their crime gets proved and that is something he felt, happens with Salman time and again. 

Here's what he says:

"To a great extent I feel that there are a lot of advantages of being a movie star and being famous and at the same time there are a few negative things too. And I think one of the negatives of being a celebrity is that you get judged even before your crime is proven or proved. This has happened time and again with Salman. I think by virtue of the impression that stardom is giving to people, they think that they can say anything about the stars and it'll be alright. That I think, is wrong. I think, I'm nobody and I'm genuinely not somebody who can comment on what the law is. We all respect it (the law), but somewhere, at a personal level, one feels and wishes all this did not happen to Salman."

Watch the video right here:

Meanwhile, Salman's hearing for his bail has been deferred till Saturday. The actor will be spending the Friday night in the Jodhpur Central Jail. Watch this space for more updates...