Bollywood actor Salman Khan has been granted bail by Jodhpur Court in connection with the Black buck poaching case. His bail bond was set at Rs 50,000. He will be walk out of jail before sunset. He will have to seek permission to go abroad.
The bail plea was heard in a Jodhpur court on Saturday regarding the actor's conviction for five years in the endangered species' poaching case.
Earlier, the hearing was supposed to happen on Friday, but was rescheduled to the next day due to the transfer of 88 judges by the Rajasthan High Court.
The actor had on Thursday appealed for a bail following his conviction in the 20-year-old case.
Salman was sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of killing two blackbucks in Jodhpur during the shooting of his movie 'Hum Saath Saath Hain' in 1998.
The other four accused - actors Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Neelam, and Sonali Bendre - were acquitted in the case.
Bollywood supports Salman Khan
Salman's one of the closest friend from Bollywood Preity Zinta, who visited the actor in the jail yesterday, posted an inspirational message on Instagram that read "Hope is seeing light inspite of being surrounded by darkness." "This too shall pass!! When all else fails it's hope one holds on too," she captioned the picture.
Director Remo D'Souza, who for the first time has directed the 52-year-old star in their upcoming film "Race 3", posted a photo of Salman on Twitter and captioned it "All I know is I love Salman Khan and a big fan of him as an actor but bigger FAN as a human." "Tiger Zinda Hai" director Ali Abbas Zafar, shared a picture of the actor on Instagram with three heart emojis.
Angad Bedi tweeted a photo of Salman from the film and wrote "Our Tiger... Stay strong bhai." Bollywod diva Sonam Kapoor said, "You're the best! Always by your side Salman Khan".
Salman's "Sultan"co-star Amit Sadh said the superstar was the only "guy other than my own father , I look up to , and want to be like ... love you Sk sir ... and thankyou for being my inspiration." Bobby Deol wrote alongside his picture with Salman, "I love you mamu".
The two other Khans of Bollywood - Shah Rukh and Aamir, have not commented on the verdict yet.
The Jodhpur court had convicted the "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" star for killing two blackbucks, an endangered species, in 1998 while shooting for the film "Hum Saath Saath Hain", and sentenced him to five years in jail.
Meanwhile, a lot of Bollywood celebrities including Sonakshi Sinha, Saif Ali Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Shatrughan and Poonam Sinha, Malaika Arora Khan and Daisy Shah among others have visited Salman's residence Galaxy Apartments to meet his parents.
Filmmaker Sajid Nadiadwala, who is a close friend of the actor, is in Jodhpur with Alvira and Arpita.
