Salman Khan to Move to High Court
Bollywood star Salman Khan who faces an arrest warrant after a court rejected an appeal against his conviction in the chinkara poaching case will now appeal to the High Court to give him seven days to surrender, according to Times Now.
Salman’s lawyers will petition the High Court to grant the Bollywood star seven days to surrender. According to Times Now sources Salman will surrender only after the Raksha bandhan festival. An arrest warrant is due to be issued against Salman Khan.
Earlier, a Jodhpur court rejected the bail plea of Salman Khan in a 1998 poaching case on Friday, a verdict that would send the actor to jail.
41-year-old Khan was not present in the packed courtroom when the verdict was pronounced by District and Sessions Judge Kamal Raj Singhvi.
Khan was convicted on April 10 last year for poaching of two blackbucks at Ujiyala Bhakhar near Ghoda Farm on September 28, 1998 during the shooting of Sooraj Barjatiya’s film Hum Saath Saath Hain .
He has been sentenced to five years of rigorous imprisonment and slapped with a fine of Rs 25,000.