Salman Khan acquitted, fans celebrate

Actor Salman Khan arrives in Mumbai after being acquitted by a Jodhpur court on Wednesday. (Satish Bate/HT PHOTO)

Published on: Jan 19, 2017 9:39 AM IST

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Actor Salman Khan arrives in Mumbai after being acquitted by a Jodhpur court on Wednesday. (Satish Bate/HT PHOTO)

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Salman Khan was on Wednesday acquitted in an Arms Act case which charged him with possessing and using an unlicensed weapon to allegedly kill black bucks in Jodhpur in 1998. (PTI)

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Salman Khan at a court in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, on Wednesday. (Ramji Vyas/HT Photo)

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Salman Khan at Jodhpur after being acquitted in the case. Chief judicial magistrate Dalpat Singh Rajpurohit said the prosecution had failed to prove both the charges against him. (Ramji Vyas/HT Photo)

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Fans of Salman Khan cheer after his return to Mumbai from the court hearing in Jodhpur. (AP)

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Salman Khan outside the court. A case of possessing arms — .32 US-made revolver and .22 rifle —whose licence had expired, was filed at the Luni police station of Jodhpur district on October 15, 1998, days after he was charged with poaching chinkaras in Bhawad and Ghora, and black bucks in Kankani. (PTI)

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Salman Khan's sister, Alvira, at the court on Wednesday. (PTI)

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Salman took to Twitter to thank his fans for their good wishes and prayers. “Thank you for all the support and good wishes,” he tweeted. (Satish Bate/HT PHOTO)

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The court observed that the then district magistrate Rajat Kumar Mishra had sanctioned prosecution against Salman under section 3/25 of Arms Act for possessing arms despite licence expiry. Holding that section 25 of the Act provided for conviction for violation of section 21 — not surrendering arms to nearest police station despite licence expiry — the court noted that offence was lodged under section 3/25 and failed to justify the section. (Satish Bate/HT PHOTO)

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A crowd gathered outside actor Salman Khan's residence in Mumbai on Wednesday. (prodip guha/ht photo)

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The crowd outside his house in Mumbai. The court said Mishra had granted prosecution sanction “without applying his mind”. Had he studied the case properly, “the accused would not have had to face trial”, the court said. (prodip guha/ht photo)

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The Rajasthan high court had acquitted him in the two chinkaras case in July last year. (Satish Bate/HT PHOTO)

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A woman takes a photo outside his residence in Mumbai. (Satish Bate/HT PHOTO)