-Sentence copies sent for photocopying
-Judge Khatri still inside chamber
-Court has lunch time at 1.30pm and the
-Quantum of sentence to be pronounced after lunch
-Sister Alvira broke into tears soon after Salman was convicted in the case while the others.. Tabu, Neelam, Sonali Bendre and Saif Ali Khan were acquitted
-The public prosecutor said arguments over the quantum of sentence is over and the judge Dev Kumar Khatri would pronounce it today itself after lunch. The prosecutor said they had applied for the maximum jail term of six years under the Wildlife Protection Act. Meanwhile, the other accused in the blackbuck poaching case — Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Tabu, Neelam — have left the Jodhpur court premises after the judge acquitted them.
-Jeev Raksha Bishnoi Sabha has protested against the decision of acquitting the other accused actors. Their acquittal will be challenged in the high court, says Shivraj Bishnoi, state president of the organisation.
Actor Salman Khan was found guilty on Thursday in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case while the other four accused stars -- Sonali Bendre, Saif Ali Khan, Tabu and Neelam -- were acquitted of all charges.
The trial of the case was in progress since the last 19 years and the judge in a court here had reserved the order after the final arguments on March 28.
Arguments were in progress in the court regarding the quantum of punishment for Salman.
Salman was accused in the case which took place while he was shooting for the film "Hum Saath-Saath Hain" in 1998.
Jeev Raksha Bishnoi Sabha has protested against the decision of acquitting the other accused stars.
Their acquittal will be challenged in the high court, said Shivraj Bishnoi, state president of the organisation.