The conviction of Bollywood’s biggest hero Salman Khan relating to the 1998 black buck case has brought everyone into a state of surprise. Mainly his fans are quite upset about the happening after nearly twenty years of the filing. The actor has been sentenced five years of imprisonment in Jodhpur prison along with 10,000 INR fine. Shockingly, the other accused actors Tabu, Sonali Bendre, Neelam and Saif Ali Khan were acquitted.
We present the time line of the actor’s conviction :
April 5, 2018: Salman Khan convicted in Blackbuck poaching case after 20 years. Five years jail term announced for Khan along with a fine of Rs 10,000.
March 24, 2018: Counsel for co-accused completed their argument.
January 2018: Actor Salman Khan appeared in a court in Jodhpur for final arguments.
September 2017: Arguments were heard prosecution counsel citing the statements of the eyewitnesses of the case.
November 2014: The Rajasthan government approached the Supreme Court against the decision of High Court in connection with the blackbuck case allowing him to get the UK Visa.
November 5, 2014: Salman Khan requested his appeal in SC asking the court to help him apply for the visa since it will affect his shooting schedules. Later the apex court comprising of justice S.J. Mukhopadhyay and Justice A.K. Goel were seen reserving its order claiming that his conviction cannot be stayed simply because it is seen coming in the way of finding a British Visa.
November 13, 2013: Rajasthan High Court stayed the sentence of the actor, which gave Salman an opportunity to get the UK visa for the shooting.
August 2013: Salman Khan was denied a visa for the UK owing to the conviction charges.
November 2014: The Rajasthan government approached the Supreme Court against the decision of High Court in connection with the blackbuck case allowing him to get the UK Visa.
November 5, 2014: Salman Khan requested his appeal in SC asking the court to help him apply for the visa since it will affect his shooting schedules. Later the apex court comprising of justice S.J. Mukhopadhyay and Justice A.K. Goel were seen reserving its order claiming that his conviction cannot be stayed simply because it is seen coming in the way of finding a British Visa.
November 13, 2013: Rajasthan High Court stayed the sentence of the actor, which gave Salman an opportunity to get the UK visa for the shooting.
August 2013: Salman Khan was denied a visa for the UK owing to the conviction charges.
December 2012: The Rajasthan High Court had revised the charges against the actor. In these fresh charges, Salman was charged with Section 9/51 of the Wildlife Protection Act.
August 31, 2007: The Rajasthan High Court suspended the sentence; however, it ordered the actor not to leave India without taking a formal permission. Salman was sentenced to five years in prison by the Rajasthan High Court.
August 24, 2007: The Session Court upheld the conviction and dismissed Salman’s appeal.
April 10, 2006: Salman was convicted in the black buck hunting case by one of the trial courts under the Act of Wildlife Protection Act wherein he was fined for Rs 5,000 along with five years of jail.
October 12, 1998: After five days, Salman Khan was arrested and released on bail.
October 2, 1998: Bishnoi community lodged a police complaint against Salman Khan and four others involved in the killing of blackbucks.
September 28, 1998: Salman Khan was also accused of hunting another Chinkara at Ghoda farms two days later while he was in Jodhpur filming for Hum Saath Saath Hain.
September 26, 1998: Salman was accused of hunting two Chinkaras at Bhawad in Mathania near Jodhpur. Five of his co stars Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Tabu and Neelam who were then shooting for the film Hum Saath Saath Hain were seen hunting two blackbucks.
