Salman Khan to spend one more night in jail as Indian court reserves verdict in bail request

Monitoring Desk

JODHPUR: Bollywood actor Salman Khan has to spend one more night in the jail as the bail hearing has been postponed for Saturday. The bail was set to happen on Friday morning.

Arbaaz Khan and Sohail Khan are on their way to Jodhpur while his sister is already at the court.

Salman Khan has been sentenced jail for five years with a fine of INR10,000 while actors Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Tabu and Neelum have been acquitted under section 9/51 of the Indian Wildlife Act.

The incident took place on October 1 and October 2, 1998, near a village of Bishnois where blackbucks are revered and protected by the community. The Bishnois are key witnesses in the case against Salman Khan.