The Supreme Court on Wednesday subdued the suspension of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan’s conviction requested by the Rajashtan High Court in a 1998 case including the killing of a blackbuck, a jeopardized types of deer.
This will come as a significant setback to the performing artist who had moved the Rajasthan High Court for suspension of conviction that would have permitted him to head out abroad to shoot for his movies.
In any case, the Supreme Court has said that Salman can approach the Rajasthan High Court and look for help in the event that he truly needs to travel abroad.
In 2007, Salman was sentenced for chasing and murdering a blackbuck while shooting for a film in Rajasthan in 1998. He was sentenced to five years in prison and is at present out on safeguard for the situation.
On the other hand, in 2013, the Rajasthan High Court suspended the conviction permitting Salman to head out to the United Kingdom for the shooting of a motion picture.
At the time, Salman’s visa had slipped by and under British migration controls, an individual indicted and sentenced to more than a four-year term in jail is not qualified for a visa, said the TV news channel NDTV.
The Rajasthan government tested the High Court’s request suspending the performing artist’s conviction in the Supreme Court.
Salman is blamed for killing two chinkara deer and a blackbuck and has invested time in a Jodhpur imprison twice. Both creatures are ensured under the Wildlife Act and murdering them is a culpable offense.
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