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Salman Khan arrested at Jodhpur airport
Aug 25, 2007, 01.26pm IST

MUMBAI: Actor Salman Khan was arrested at Jodhpur airport when he arrived to surrender after his bail plea in connection with the 1998 Chinkara shooting case was rejected on Friday. A non-bailable warrant was issued against him following the dismissal of his appeal against a five year jail term given to him for poaching the endangered chinkara.

“He will be flying to Jodhpur and surrender before a court there,” his lawyer Dipesh Mehta said here.

Salman left his home accompanied by his lawyers and close relatives in suburban Bandra a short while ago to catch the flight which leaves Mumbai at 1130 hours.

Speaking to reporters before getting into his SUV outside his residence, Salman said, “A warrant has been apparently issued and as per advice from my lawyers, I am going to Jodhpur to surrender.”

“Nobody has told me to get there but I am going there as a responsible citizen who abides by the law,” he added.

A sessions court in Jodhpur yesterday upheld a lower court’s judgement of April 2006 sentencing Salman to prison in the 1998 poaching case.

The court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, which had convicted Salman last year, issued the non-bailable warrant against him yesterday afternoon and sent it to police for execution.

The actor evaded immediate arrest as he did not appear in the sessions court, with his lawyer saying there was no directive for his appearance.

A team from the Jodhpur police will be reportedly leaving for executing the warrant today.

“We have informed authorities in Jodhpur about the surrender,” Mehta said.

The Jet Airways flight on which Salman Khan is travelling, is expected to reach Jodhpur at around 1330 hours after which he would surrender.

Clad in a white T-shirt, cargo pants and sporting sunglasses, Salman was seen hugging his close relatives before leaving his home.

His brothers Sohail and Arbaaz were seen at the residence in Bandra’s Galaxy Apartments and so was sister-in-law Malaika Arora Khan, an ex-video jockey. It was however, not immediately clear as to who would be accompanying Salman to Jodhpur.

Following the verdict, Salman’s lawyers had said that they would be filing a revision petition in the Rajasthan High Court seeking suspension of the five year sentence and hearing of his case on priority.

“Though the High Court is shut, I would make efforts for the revision petition to be filed at the court registrar’s office today itself so that relief is granted to Salman as soon as possible,” Mehta said.

The star was convicted for poaching a chinkara in 1998 during the shooting of the film “Hum Saath Saath Hain”. He was also given a one-year jail term in a separate poaching case in Jodhpur and has appealed against that sentence.

In his judgement yesterday, District and Sessions Judge V R Singhvi said no court could avoid the circumstantial evidence available on record against Salman. Circumstantial evidence is important in this case as it constitutes a chain that “loudly says a crime was committed”, he said.

Salman’s counsel could not prove how the judgement against the actor was biased, the judge said.

http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2007-08-25/news/27667903_1_salman-last-year-actor-salman-khan-jodhpur

Salman Khan released on bail

Last updated on: August 31, 2007 19:24 IST

After spending six nights behind bars, Bollywood star Salman Khan [ Images ] on Friday walked out of the prison after the Rajasthan [ Images ] high court gave bail and suspended his five-year sentence awarded for killing an endangered deer nine years back.

Justice H R Panwar ordered the release of the 41-year-old star in the chinkara poaching case after directing him to furnish a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh and two surety bonds of Rs 50,000.

Clad in jeans and a white full-sleeved shirt, a relaxed Salman, sporting a black and grey cap and a black bag slung on his shoulders, came out of the jail shortly before 6 pm.

He waved to the crowd waiting outside to have a glimpse of him and once greeted them with folded hands.

The star’s bodyguard — Shera — was the first to greet him outside the gate.

Salman was quickly put in a waiting vehicle by police and taken to the hotel on his way to Mumbai [ Images ] by a chartered flight.

His lawyers earlier fulfilled all the release formalities within a few hours after the judge gave the order giving the actor some reprieve.

The judge gave the order after hearing arguments for three hours on his revision petition along with the bail application.

The court fixed the next date of hearing the revision petition on October 24.

Salman, who was arrested last Saturday, was lodged in the Central Jail in Jodhpur [ Images ] after losing his appeal in the district and session court of Jodhpur against his five-year sentence in the chinkara poaching case awarded by the chief judicial magistrate on April 10, 2006.

The five-year sentence will remain suspended till the order on the star’s revision petition is pronounced.

Salman’s brother and sister — Sohail Khan [ Images ] and Alvira — greeted each other in the packed courtroom after the judge gave the bail order and then came out to inform their parents over telephone.

Salman’s parents had already left for Mumbai.

Hundreds of fans had lined up outside the main gate of the jail premises for several hours to have a glimpse of the star.

The huge media contingent was visibly disappointed since there was no interaction with the star.

Salman has been on bail since April 2006 when he was released after spending three days in prison in connection with the poaching case.

He was reportedly in tears when the news of the bail order was given to him. His case was argued by Supreme Court lawyer Lalit Udai, Mumbai based advocates Dipesh Mehta and H M Saraswat while Additional Advocate General Kanti Lal Thakur responded to the arguments.

The thrust of the defence arguments was Salman’s conviction was based on circumstantial evidence and that the lawyers were not able to cross-examine the prime prosecution witness Harish Dulani.

This witness was later declared hostile by the court. The lawyers told the high court that the lower courts have not properly considered arguments and rulings submitted by the defence.

The verdict of CJM court was liable to be quashed as it contains many errors, contradictions and irregularities, they said.

“The court had ignored our defence with regard to the prosecution witness Harish Dulani and Ashok Patni. When the court itself has declared Dulani a hostile witness, how could his evidential value be read against Salman,” defence lawyers said.

Animal rights activists were up in arms against the bail order. Member of Parliament Maneka Gandhi and a leading activist said, “I find it shocking. How many times do we have to convict him.”

http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/aug/31salman.htm