Salman Khan appears in Jodhpur court for final arguments in poaching case

Salman Khan in Jodhpur yesterday. Pic/PTI

Salman Khan in Jodhpur yesterday. Pic/PTI

Salman Khan appeared in a court in Jodhpur yesterday during final arguments in a case against him for the alleged poaching of two blackbucks in Kankani village on October 2, 1998. According to Khan's counsel, H M Saraswat, the accused has to remain present in the court during final arguments and they had been seeking exemption for the actor till now.

"We were present in the court during the final arguments," said Saraswat after Khan appeared before the chief judicial magistrate. During the arguments, the actor appeared to be uneasy and emotional at times but remained silent, according to advocates present in the court. The final arguments in the case began in the trial court on September 13. The prosecution counsel had described the spot of alleged poaching citing the statements of witnesses Poonam Chand and Chhoga Ram and the postmortem report.

While submitting his arguments, Saraswat ran the video recording of the statements of Poonam Chand and drew the attention of the court to the contradiction in his statements taken by the investigating officer and those given by the witness. Earlier, Khan had appeared in the district and sessions court on August 4 for filing bail bonds after the state challenged his acquittal in the case under Arms Act by the trial court.

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