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Blackbuckcase:SupremeCourtsetsasidehighcourtstay
onSalmanKhansconviction
Withthisorder,Khanwillnotbeallowedtotravelabroad
Photocourtesy:Wikipedia/Chinmayisk
TheSupremeCourtonWednesdaysetasideRajasthanHighCourtsorderthatstayedtheconvictionof
actorSalmanKhanbyatrialcourtintheblackbuckhuntingcase.
AtrialcourthadconvictedKhanin2007forkillingtheendangeredblackbuck.Theactorhadapproachedthe
RajasthanHighCourtforastayontheorder,pleadingthatheneededtotravelabroadforafilmshoot.The
highcourthadgrantedthestay.
Khan,alongwithactorsSaifAliKhan,SonaliBendre,TabuandNeelam,hadbeenaccusedofpoachingnear
Jodhpurin1998duringtheshootingofthefilmHumSaathSaathHain.HewasjailedinJodhpurtwiceina
fiveyearsentenceandiscurrentlyoutonbail.
Initsorder,theSupremeCourtsaidthatwhileKhancouldargueinthehighcourtthathewouldsuffer
irreversibledamageifhisconvictionisnotstayed,theRajasthangovernmentcouldarguenoirreversible
damagewhichcannotbeundonewouldbecausedifhisconvictionisnotstayed.
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