Salman gets bail against Rs 1 lakh bond, leaves for Mumbai

By Ankita Bhalla

on April 07, 2018

Superstar Salman Khan was granted bail on Saturday in the 1998 blackbuck case on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh by District and Sessions Court Judge Ravindra Kumar Joshi. "Arguments were already over in the morning but Judge Joshi reserved the order for post lunch. He has to produce personal bond worth Rs, 50,000 plus two other bonds worth Rs. 25,000 each."

Salman was released by evening after all legal formalities are completed. Hearing the verdict, Salman's fans cheered outside the court. Arguments were over in the morning but Judge Joshi reserved the order for post-launch. Salman has to produce a personal bond of Rs 50,000 plus two other bonds of Rs 25,000 each. However, the 52-year-old has to secure special permission from the court if he plans to travel outside the country.

The actor left the jail premise amidst heavy security and was seen entering the airport in a swift manner. His bodyguard Shera was throughout with him, and the two along with the actor's sisters Alvira Agnihotri and Arpita Khan, took off for Mumbai on a private charter plane.

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However, the petitioner, the Bishnoi community, plans to approach the Rajasthan High Court against the verdict. Bishnoi Samaj, which had registered the complaint against Salman for killing the two bluckbucks 20 years back, have said it will approach the High Court against the verdict.

The Bishnois consider the blackbuck to be the reincarnation of their religious Guru Bhagwan Jambeshwar also known as Jambaji. Salman and other Bollywood stars Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Neelam allegedly went hunting on October 1-2 in 1998 outside a forest reserve near Kankani village here while shooting for Hum Saath Saath Hain.

While Salman was found guilty, the four co-stars and a local, Dushyant Singh, were acquitted.