Poaching case: Salman seeks exemption from personal appearance in Jodhpur court

Salman Khan was in 2018 sentenced to five years in prison in the poaching case. His appeal against the case is pending

Actor Salman Khan has challenged the Jodhpur district and sessions court’s order directing him to appear before it on February 6 in connection with the blackbuck poaching case.

Salman Khan. (File photo)

Hastimal Saraswat, Khan’s lawyer, said they have sought permission for his client to appear before the court via video conferencing.

Khan was in 2018 sentenced to five years in prison in the poaching case. His appeal against the case is pending.

Khan was charged in the killing of two endangered antelopes in 1998 along with actors Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Neelam Kothari, and Sonali Bendre while shooting Hum Saath Saath Hain. All the other accused were acquitted.

In 2017, another court in Jodhpur acquitted Khan in a separate poaching case citing a lack of proof that he killed an endangered gazelle.