A Jodhpur court on Thursday, 5 April, sentenced Bollywood star Salman Khan to five years in jail and sent him to the Jodhpur Central Jail for killing two blackbucks in October 1998, a prosecution lawyer said.
The court acquitted his colleagues – Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Neelam and Sonali Bendre and a local, Dushyant Singh – giving them the "benefit of doubt,” the lawyer said.
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As the quantum of the sentence is more than three years, Salman has appealed in a higher court for bail.
Salman, 52, was taken to the Jodhpur Central jail from the court premises in a police vehicle, police officials said.
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