Jodhpur, Jul 25 (PTI): The Rajasthan high court on Monday acquitted Bollywood actor Salman Khan in two cases related to poaching of chinkaras in Jodhpur in 1998. Appeals of Khan against sentence in the two cases relating to poaching of chinkaras in Bhawad and Mathania was allowed by the high court which acquitted him in both the cases. Hearing on both these petition in high court had begun on November 16, 2015 and were completed on May 13, 2016, after which justice Nirmal Jit Kaur had reserved her judgment. The convictions were challenged by Khan in the sessions court, which dismissed appeal in Mathania’s case and transferred appeal to high court in Bhawad’s case, where already two appeals by the state government had been pending. The court held that the pellets recovered from the chinkaras were not fired from Khan's licensed gun.

Source: The Telegraph July 25, 2016 06:45 UTC