Jodhpur: Having failed to have produced any witness or evidence so far to prove his innocence in an Arms Act case, a trial court in Jodhpur has granted one last chance to Bollywood superstar Salman Khan to prove his innocence in the case which relates to the alleged poaching of two Black Bucks in Kankani on 1-2 October, 1998.
The case of poaching is being carried pout separately in the same court.
The court on Tuesday pulled up the counsel of Khan for seeking time since past two hearings. Chief Judicial Magistrate Dalpat Singh Rajpurohit had taken the statements of Khan on record on March 10 on his appearance in the court for recording of the accused statements, to which he had pleaded innocence.
According to Mahipal Bishnoi, a member of the prosecution counsel, the court had given the actor a chance to get evidence or a witnesss in favour of his plea on 4 April.
“On this, the court had given him an opportunity to produce evidence or witness in support of his plea of innocence on April 4″, said Mahipal Bishnoi, one of the prosecution counsel. But Khan’s counsel H M Saraswat had sought more time from the court on April 4, after which the court gave him another opportunity on May 7, reports PTI.
Khan’s counsel H M Saraswat had asked for more time from the court on April 4. The court then gave him another chance to prove himself on May 7.
Now, the court has given him a last chance to produce evidence in the court on July 5 in support of his innocence.
The 50-year-old actor had been prosecuted by the court under Arms Act for allegedly keeping and using the fire arms with expired licences.
