Salman Khan, who was facing charges under Section 51 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act for the Blackbuck poaching case 1998 has been announced as guilty. The verdict was out today and Salman Khan has been convicted. However, all other accussed actors namely Tabu, Neelam Kothari, Sonali Bendre and Saif Ali Khan have been acquitted in the blackbuck poaching case which had been going on since the last 20 years.

This has been one of the most high -profile cases in the history of cinema and there was immense pressure on the Bollywood actors who were accused of killing two blackbucks in Jodhpur in 1998 during the shoot of Hum Saath Saath Hain. the quantum of sentence will be announced shortly. Until then, let us quickly give you a recap of the case so far.

Salman Khan blackbuck poaching case verdict highlights (Photo Credits: File image)

The prosecution has demanded for maximum punishment in this case.

Salman has been controversy's favourite child - be it for his brash behaviour with then girlfriend Aishwarya Rai or for the hit-and-run case. In the last ten years, Salman has had an image makeover sort of, where now people know him as they guy who wears his heart on his sleeves.

The superstar of Bollywood was facing charges under Section 51 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act and the other actors have been charged under Section 51 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act read with Section 149 (unlawful assembly) of the Indian Penal Code. Public Prosecutor Bhawani Singh Bhati had said that all (Salman, Saif, Sonali, Tabu and Neelam) were in a Gypsy car that night, with Salman Khan in the driving seat.

“He, on spotting a herd of blackbucks, shot at and killed two of them,” Bhati added. “But on being spotted and chased, they fled from the spot leaving the dead animals there,” he said, adding that there was adequate evidence against them.

Stay tuned with us as we bring to you more details of Salman's quantum of punishment in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case.

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