Salman Khan's Bail Hearing Plea: 10 Major Points
Salman Khan 's bail hearing plea was scheduled for today in the blackbuck case verdict. The actor had to spend the night in jail yesterday as the court convicted him of killing 2 blackbucks. Other co-accused celebs in the case, Saif Ali Khan , Neelam, Tabu , Sonali Bendre have been let off and they flew back to Mumbai the same day while Salman Khan was taken to the Jodhpur Central Jail.
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The Bishnoi community, who filed the case against the actor, asked for maximum punishment for the actor which could be up to 6 years under the section 51 of Wildlife (Protection) Act. The court gave him the punishment of 5 years in prison along with a fine of 10000 Rupees. There are almost 1000 Crores riding on Salman Khan. Here are the 10 major points from today's Salman Khan's bail hearing plea:
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1. Salman was given the inmate badge number 106 in the Jodhpur Central Jai where he was placed in the ward 2 of VIP Barrack. His cell was next to Asaram Bapu reportedly and he was given a cot and a cooler in his cell along with dal and roti which he didn't eat.
2. His lawyers had drawn up a 51-page bail application which had 54 pointers for the judge to grant bail to the actor.
3. Salman Khan's head counsel, Mahesh Bora told the reporters that he was receiving threatening calls from gangsters and criminals and they were forcing him to drop Salman's case.
Yesterday I got threatening SMSes and internet calls warning me not to appear for Salman Khan in bail hearing today: Mahesh Bora,Salman's Counsel #BlackBuckCase #JodhpurCourt pic.twitter.com/1oceG8uXQY
— ANI (@ANI) April 6, 2018
4. Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif slammed the verdict against Salman Khan and said that he was being targeted because he was a minority.
5. The bail hearing plea began at 10:30 am today and Salman's lawyers presented their arguments in the court one of which was that the witness was unreliable.
Such outdated archaic laws in India that really need to be changed! Parts of our legal system needs a revisit! Any1 can file a case on anyone! One court says not guilty other says guilty! People thrown from court to court! @BeingSalmanKhan doesn’t deserve this at all! Ridiculous
— Raj Kundra (@TheRajKundra) April 5, 2018
6. His lawyers stated that the place where the incident took place is commonly frequented by the tourists and wasn't a prohibited place.
7. The judge heard the arguments of both the sides and decided to reserve his judgment until tomorrow.
I am extremely shocked to hear @BeingSalmanKhan being convicted by session court but also having full trust in indian judiciary which has many other doors to appeal for final justice whatsoever. Since He is most loved person by industry N people for his human reasons too.
— Subhash Ghai (@SubhashGhai1) April 5, 2018
8. According to Salman's lawyers, the actor will get bail tomorrow and they can also get the charges dropped.
9. Salman will have to spend tonight in Jail as well and if he gets bail tomorrow, he will be free by evening.
I feel bad. He should be given relief. He has done a lot of humanitarian work: Jaya Bachchan, Rajya Sabha MP on #SalmanKhan #BlackBuckPoachingCase pic.twitter.com/VUEM0RIweE
— ANI (@ANI) April 5, 2018
10. If the verdict goes against Salman Khan, his brothers Arbaaz Khan and Sohail Khan will fly to Jodhpur to be beside him.
The law takes its course. Can’t argue it. But at this point in time I just feel helpless and my heart goes out to @BeingSalmanKhan and his family. Reason, cause the last thing @BeingSalmanKhan is, is a criminal.I feel this is too harsh. I do hope he gets the relief he deserves.
— arjun rampal (@rampalarjun) April 5, 2018