Poaching case: Hearing against Salman deferred

Salman is exempted from personal appearance in the case and he is away in Bangkok for the shooting of a film.

A court on Monday adjourned to October 27 the hearing on two appeals filed by Bollywood star Salman Khan against his conviction in a blackbug hunting case as District and Sessions Judge GS Suaran was on leave.

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Salman is exempted from personal appearance in the case and he is away in Bangkok for the shooting of a film.

Salman's counsel HM Saraswat said hearing of the appeals would now take place on October 27 on account of leave of the District Judge.

The appeals were filed by Salman in a poaching case in Bhawad in which he is sentenced to one year imprisonment with a fine of Rs 5,000 and another in Ghora Farm poaching case in which he is sentenced to five years in prison and fined Rs 25,000 by a Jodhpur court.

These cases were registered against Salman for poaching of the endangered Chinkara during the shooting of film Hum Saath-Saath Hain in 1998.