JODHPUR:
Hindi actor Salman Khan was acquitted in a case registered against him under the Arms Act in Jodhpur in 1998 along with the cases of poaching of chinkaras and black bucks, when he was shooting for Hindi fil
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Jodhpur Chief Judicial Magistrate Dalpat Singh Rajpurohit exonerated Khan in the matter, while holding that the prosecution had failed to produce evidence and witnesses to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt.
The police and the Forest Department had claimed that Khan was in possession of illegal arms, with expired licences, which he had used to hunt two black bucks on October 1 and 2, 1998, in Kankani village on the outskirts of Jodhpur.
The Magistrate pronounced his order holding Khan not guilty in the court where the actor along with his sister Alveera was present. A huge crowd of fans, who had gathered outside the court building, cheered the verdict which gave benefit of doubt to Khan.
The defence lawyers, who had pleaded that Khan was innocent and had been framed in the case, said justice had been rendered by the court. Khan was acquitted in two cases of poaching of chinkaras in July last year, but he still faces trial in the Kankani village issue, which is yet to be concluded.
