Bollywood Superstar Salman Khan has been sentenced to 5 years in jail in the two-decade-old blackbuck poaching case.The 52-year-old actor was found guilty by the Jodhpur court in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case.The other four actors Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Tabu and Neelam Kothari were acquitted.
The court delivered a sentence of five years imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000 to Salman.
The maximum sentence is six years, but Salman’s lawyers requested a minimal sentence and early probation, while the prosecution was asking for the maximum quantum of punishment. If Salman had been sentenced to less than three years, he could have been immediately granted bail and given a month to appeal his sentence at a higher court. However, since he was given a sentence of more than three years, he would be taken into custody and be transferred to Jodhpur Central Jail.
Salman Khan’s bail application in the Sessions Court is scheduled to be heard on Friday morning, which means he has to spend Thursday night in Jodhpur Central Jail.
As we know 2018 and the coming year are very important for Salman’s professional career as the actor will be working on several big-budget films, including Dabangg 3, Kick 2 and Bharat. There have been a few reports doing the rounds that a lot of money is at stake for Salman’s films.
However, trade analyst Komal Nahta said that there is not much involvement of money in Salman’s Dabangg 3, Kick 2 and Bharat as they all are in pre-production stage and his team has only announced those projects, but Race 3 will definitely have to face the consequences.
Don’t understand the logic of sentencing him to 5yrs in prison. The sentence should have asked him to confiscate all his earnings for the next 6yrs which would have at least benefited the state. What will the Rs10000 serve?