Salman Khan’s Blackbuck Poaching Case Transferred To Rajasthan High Court

Jodhpur:

The Rajasthan Excessive Courtroom on Monday granted the permission to switch two petitions to it from the Jodhpur District and Periods courtroom within the 1998 blackbuck poaching case during which actor Salman Khan is an accused.

Listening to of those two petitions will now happen within the excessive courtroom together with the one already pending earlier than it.

Mr Khan had moved a petition within the excessive courtroom looking for switch of those two petitions to it so that each one the three instances are heard at one place.

“After a short listening to, Justice PS Bhati granted permission to switch the 2 petitions to the excessive courtroom, the place one petition by the state is already pending. Listening to of all these instances will now happen at one place, which can save precious time,” stated Mr Khan’s counsel HM Saraswat.

Mr Khan had challenged his 5 years’ conviction in a case referring to searching of two blackbucks within the District and Session courtroom on April 5, 2018. One other petition by the state difficult Mr Khan’s acquittal in a case below the Arms Act had already been pending in the identical courtroom.

Other than this, the state had additionally challenged the acquittal of 5 others comprising actors Saif Ali Khan, Neelam Kothari, Sonali Bendre and Tabbu aside from a neighborhood. This petition had been pending listening to within the excessive courtroom.

“Whereas all these three totally different petitions belonged to the identical matter, we had prayed for transferring the 2 petitions pending within the District & Session courtroom to the excessive courtroom so that each one the three issues could possibly be heard in the identical courtroom”, stated Mr Saraswat.

At earlier events, the state’s counsel had sought time to file his reply however in the course of the remaining arguments on the petition, he didn’t object to the 2 pleas being transferred to the excessive courtroom.

After this, the courtroom had saved the order reserved, which was lastly pronounced on Monday, paving the way in which for the resumption of listening to, which has been stalled since lengthy.

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