Earlier acquitted, trouble brews for Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Neelam Kothari and Sonali Bendre in the Black Buck case

Bollywood celebrities Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Neelam Kothari and Tabu are again in trouble for the 20-year-old Black Buck shooting case. On Monday, an appeal was filed in the Rajasthan High Court by the government of Rajasthan against the decision of CJM rural court to acquit Saif Ali Khan, Neelam, Tabu and Sonali Bendre. This appeal was produced by additional advocate general Shiv Kumar Vyas. 

In this 20-year-old Black Buck case, CJM rural court had given the decision of acquitting all of them from this case and gave a punishment of 5 years to Salman Khan.

However, trouble for the acquitted actors, Saif Ali Khan, Sonali, Neelam and Tabu, will be increased after this appeal which has been filed in Rajasthan High Court. All of them are charged with provoking Salman Khan for shooting a Black Buck late on the intervening night of October 1 and 2, 1998. 

In April of this year, CJM rural court had given a decision that only Salman Khan was guilty in this case and handed him a prison for 5 years, acquitting all the other celebrities. After this, the prosecution gave an application to the government to appeal against the decision in the High Court for which approval has been given now, and accordingly, an appeal has been made. It is possible that a hearing on this appeal will take place in this week only.

This case has been filed 20 years ago in October 1998 when Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Neelam and Sonali Bendre were in Jodhpur for shooting the film 'Hum Saath Saath Hain'. At that time Bishnoi community people had alleged that Salman Khan had hunted two Black Bucks in the village Jankari which is a few kilometres away from Jodhpur city in Rajasthan.

Then, on October 12, 1998 Salman Khan has been arrested for poaching of endangered species and then got bail. Then, in April 2006, he got a sentence of 5 years and a fine was imposed of Rs 25000. At that time he had been in jail for a week and got bail in the appeal of suspension of sentence.

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