A month after being granted bail in the blackbuck poaching case Salman Khan will appear in a Jodhpur court on Monday. His lawyers will ask for the sentence to be formally suspended.Earlier last month, the actor had been convicted and sentenced to five years in prison for his role in the blackbuck killing case. The incident happened during the shooting of Sooraj Barjatya’s family drama ‘Hum Saath Saath Hain' in 1998.Last month, the actor spent two nights in the Jodhpur central jail while awaiting his bail hearing.File photo: Actor Salman Khan in the balcony of his Bandra home on Saturday April 7 night after his release on bail from Jodhpur Central Jail in a case involving the 1998 killing of a black buck. (Image: Agencies)He was granted bail on a Rs 50,000 bond and the same amount as surety.The actor isn't allowed to leave the country without the court's permission.The other stars co-accused in the case, Tabu Neelam Kothari and Sonali Bendre were acquitted of all charges.The poaching allegations have dogged Khan for two decades since a complaint was lodged by members of the Bishnoi community.Khan was convicted of the same crime in 2006, but the sentence was suspended a year later and the charges re-laid in 2008.

Source: Economic Times May 06, 2018 04:18 UTC