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Blackbuck Poaching Case LIVE: Salman Refusing to Eat Anything, Will Sleep on Floor Tonight, Says Prison Staff

April 5, 2018, 8:45 PM IST

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Blackbuck Poaching Case LIVE: Salman Refusing to Eat Anything, Will Sleep on Floor Tonight, Says Prison Staff

A Jodhpur court has sentenced Bollywood superstar Salman Khan to five-year jail term in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case, while other actors — Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Neelam Kothari — have been acquitted. Salman will have to spend the night in Jodhpur Jail as his bail hearing in Sessions Court has been posted for tomorrow. The Bishnoi Sabha, a community committed to protect the blackbucks, has decided to appeal against other acquittals. Salman Khan was accused of killing two blackbucks in Bhagoda ki Dhani in Kankani village near Jodhpur on the intervening night of October 1-2, 1998, during the shooting of Hum Saath Saath Hain. He has been convicted under Section 51 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, which carries maximum punishment of six years and minimum one-year jail term.

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20:45 (IST)

According to jail officials, Salman Khan has not eaten anything post the verdict and even refused to tea. He was offered a cauliflower and potato vegetable dish, a pulse and a Chappati, which he did not eat. He also did not drink the tea served to him. Officials also said that Salman would sleep on the floor tonight. They added that his BP had shot up after the verdict but it is normal now. The actor is being kept in ward number and has been given number 106. Currently, he is wearing his own clothes, but he will be given jail clothes once the jail store opens on Friday morning.  

19:57 (IST)

DIG, prisons, Vikram Singh has said there will be no VVIP treatment for Salman Khan in the Jodhpur Jail. “He has been given number 106 & is lodged in Ward number 2. He was made to undergo medical test & has no medical issues. He hasn't made any demands. We'll give him jail uniform tomorrow. Multiple-layer security has been put up for his ward,” he said.

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Animal Rights Activists Welcome Verdict

Animal right groups have welcomed the sentencing of Bollywood star Salman Khan, asserting the verdict proved no one was above the law, while a section of activists said the actor should have been given the maximum punishment under the Wildlife Act. "The verdict shows, whether you are Salman Khan or an ordinary citizen, the facts will be heard by a court and the law will prevail," PETA India spokesperson Sachin Bangera said. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), People For Animals (PFA), Wildlife SOS and Humane Society were among the groups that welcomed the verdict. "We are happy that justice has prevailed and a serial offender is behind bars. The judiciary has once again proved that the popularity of the accused has no bearing on the case before the court," PFA trustee Gauri Maulekhi said. Khan, arguably Bollywood's most successful actor,  had earlier been charged in other animal poaching cases. A top forest official, who did not wish to be identified, said Khan should have been given the maximum punishment of six years under the law. "Being a Schedule I species, and this being a high-profile case, a strong message would have been sent if the maximum sentence under the Wildlife Act was given," he said.

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Salman Khan has landed in prison for the fifth time. He will spend the night in Jodhpur jail as prisoner number 106. The bail hearing in a sessions court has been scheduled for tomorrow morning. 

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Former cricketer Shoaib Akhtar batted for his 'friend' Salman Khan, following the latter's conviction by a Jodhpur court for the killing of two blackbucks in 1998.