In 2006, Salman Khan was convicted under the Wild Life Act for poaching a Chinkara at during the shooting of film Hum Saath Saath Hain in 1998. In 2007, Salman was sentenced to five years in prison by the Rajasthan High Court for hunting a blackbuck.
He spent six days in Jodhpur Central Jail before his sentence was suspended. Later, the High Court dropped charges under Arms Act against him on his appeal.
Salman Khan has been acquitted by the Rajasthan High Court in the 1998 chinkara poaching case. Salman and seven others were accused of killing a blackbuck and chinkara in two separate incidents. The High Court today said there was no evidence to prove that the animals who were found dead were shot by Mr Khan’s licensed gun.