Judgment in Salman Khan's illegal arms case deferred

Jaipur: The judgment of a court in Jodhpur in a case of possession and use of illegal arms by Bollywood actor Salman Khan has been deferred.

Court to decide on applications filed by prosecution requesting examination of 9 witnesses of the case.

"The case relates to both possession and use of illegal arms and the chief judicial magistrate's court has kept Feb 25 for judgment," public prosecutor N.K. Sankhla of the court in Jodhpur, 330 km from Rajasthan capital Jaipur, told IANS on Tuesday.

Salman and a few other Bollywood stars were accused of poaching blackbucks on the midnight of Oct 1-2, 1998 during the shooting of Hindi movie 'Hum Saath Saath Hain'.

Two blackbucks, a protected animal under the Wildlife Protection Act, were killed on the outskirts of Kankani village near Jodhpur.

The star was also accused of carrying and using illegal arms. He is also alleged to have been carrying arms with expired license. A police complaint was filed against Salman Khan on charges of being involved in hunting of the protected blackbucks.

(With inputs from IANS)