A local court in Jodhpur has ordered Bollywood superstar Salman Khan to be present in the court on March 10 to record his statement in a case related to the Arms Act.
“Prosecution evidences have finished. The court of chief judicial magistrate (CJM) Jodhpur district has set March 10 as date for recording of statement of the accused [Salman Khan],” Khan’s counsel Hastimal Saraswat said.
Chief Judicial Magistrate Dalpat Singh Rajpurohit, while dismissing an application from Khan’s counsel for re-examination of the then collector Rajat Mishra, said examination of prosecution witnesses has been completed.
It is the third time that Khan has been asked to record his statement in this case.
The court was to pronounce its judgement in this case on February 25 last year, but it was deferred when a few applications for examination of four witnesses were allowed and Khan appeared before the local court on April 29.
On Thursday, after completing the re-examination, Khan’s advocate again moved an application to examine witness Rajat Mishra, but the court did not allow this.
Khan and his Hum Saath-Saath Hain co-stars, including Saif Ali Khan, were accused of poaching black bucks on the night of October 1-2, 1998, during the shooting of the film.
Two black bucks, a protected animal under the Wildlife Protection Act, were killed on the outskirts of Kankani village near Jodhpur. Khan is accused of carrying and using illegal arms.
