Saif & Salman Plead Not Guilty In The Blackbuck Poaching Case, But...

...while Khan says that he will produce a witness to prove his stand, the Nawab of Pataudi says he won’t

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Saif & Salman Plead Not Guilty In The Blackbuck Poaching Case, But...
Salman Khan along with Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Tabu and Neelam appeared in the Jodhpur Court today to record statements in the 19-year-old Blackbuck Poaching Case.


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Salman pleaded ‘Not Guilty’ and said that he will produce a witness to prove his stand. He asserted that after a busy day of shooting for Hum Saath Saath Hain (1998), the cast would retire to their respective rooms; hence, going hunting is out of question.

Saif, on the other hand, too pleaded innocent but refused to produce a witness. Saif further said, “The Forest Department has wrongly accused us in the case.”

The five are accused of poaching two blackbucks, which are protected under the Wildlife Protection Act, while shooting for the film Hum Saath Saath Hain near Kankani village in 1998.

Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Tabu  and Neelam Kothari left for Jodhpur yesterday.

Meanwhile, on January 18, Salman was acquitted by the Jodhpur Court in 1998 Arms Act Case.

Salman pleaded "not guilty" to charges of violating the law by keeping unlicensed weapons and using them. Salman Khan's lawyer argued that there is no evidence that he was carrying firearms, and that he was only carrying air guns. The actor has also said he was framed.

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Apart from the blackbuck poaching case, Salman’s 2002 hit-and-run is pending at the apex Indian court.In March 2016, the Bombay high court suspended the actor's five-year prison sentence in a hit-and-run case. He was convicted for killing a homeless man with his SUV on a night out drinking in September 2002.

Take a look at the stars leaving the court today after the hearing.







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