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Salman sentenced to five-year rigorous imprisonment
Jodhpur: Bollywood heart-throb Salman Khan was in further trouble on Monday with a local court sentencing him to five year rigorous imprisonment and sending him to the Central Jail in Jodhpur after holding him guilty of killing a rare buck.
Forty-year-old actor, who has already been sentenced to one-year jail term by the same court on February 17 in another poaching case, was present in the court when Chief Judicial Magistrate Brijendra Kumar Jain pronounced the verdict.
A stunned Salman was taken into custody immediately after the CJM delivered the judgement. The actor is likely to remain in jail at least for two days. His lawyer said since Tuesday was a holiday, he would be able to file an application seeking suspension of the sentence only on Wednesday.
The court imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on Salman, who was convicted under section 51 of the Wildlife Act. Co-accused Goverdhan Singh was given one-year rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,000 while four other accused in the case were acquitted.
Those acquitted were Bal Angre, Pratap Singh, Om Singh, and Dushyant Singh.
Salman and five others were charged with killing a chinkara in September 1998 at Ghora farmhouse near Jodhpur.
His lawyer Hastimal Saraswat said that Salman was shocked after hearing the verdict and that he would file an appeal against it. Source |
Well, what to say..... one of the biggest Bollywood star who has fans all around the world is jailed for 5 years for killing a wildlife animal. Some say the law is same for all, some say it is unfair because salman is suffering only because he is a celebrity. whats your opinion ?I don't think it's fair, I mean O.J. gets away with murder and this actor kills a "rare buck" and gets 5 years in prision? I used to have a stepdad, he went to prision for only 2.5 years, the reason, he didn't pay taxes for 12 years and was involved in a multi-million dollar investment fraud scandal...
O.J. - Murder - no time
Old StepDad - No taxes 12 years, investment fraud - 2.5 years
Salman - kills rare animal - 5 years
The scale somehow got off balance there @-@
The justice system can never really deliver a perfect justice, because everyone is different. 12 jurors (number?) of one type may all go for guilty, while if another 12 people are picked may go innocent. It really isn't fair, but then again, isn't the saying "Life's not fair"
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| Chief Judicial Magistrate Brijendra Kumar Jain pronounced the verdict. |
See ?
This guy's made it to the headlines ... mission accomplished.
By the way, this is the same judicial system that recently acquitted some political leader's son despite having murdered a girl.
You can shoot people at point blank range and go scot free, but you'll get jailed for killing a deer. 
| mOrpheuS wrote: |
| Quote: | | Chief Judicial Magistrate Brijendra Kumar Jain pronounced the verdict. |
See ?
This guy's made it to the headlines ... mission accomplished.
By the way, this is the same judicial system that recently acquitted some political leader's son despite having murdered a girl.
You can shoot people at point blank range and go scot free, but you'll get jailed for killing a deer. |
So, you think that Salman shouldn't be punished for breaking the law ? 
Just a updade : salman Khan is free on bail after spending three days in jail.
| Soulfire wrote: |
| The justice system can never really deliver a perfect justice, because everyone is different. 12 jurors (number?) of one type may all go for guilty, while if another 12 people are picked may go innocent. It really isn't fair, but then again, isn't the saying "Life's not fair" |
Anyway soulfire there are no jurors or jury in indian courts.. Just the dumb judge guy and a bunch o lousy policemen and good-for-nothing-investigators
Anyway it is necessary that justice be served.
In india you can escape from punishment if ya had a few million bucks and the needed influence..
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| So, you think that Salman shouldn't be punished for breaking the law ? |
Just to give you an idea of this case's absurdity.
Salman is the first and only person ever to be booked or sentenced under this law/act.
Is he the first and only one to have hunted a black buck ?
I don't suppose the police was ever so tireless and the Judges so effective when it came to catching and sentencing anyone else.
Perhaps it's just me, but I think the justice is not being very just.
Go ahead and jail him, I could care less.
But let's not declare justice as served as long as obscenely rich sons of powerful people roam around free after murdering someone.Well, even dear nawab of pataudi got pulled up for hunting..
Where the hell is he now?
This proves a lot of things..
But I am sick and tired of cursing the judicial system so I have no comments
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| manumiglani wrote: | | So, you think that Salman shouldn't be punished for breaking the law ? |
Just to give you an idea of this case's absurdity.
Salman is the first and only person ever to be booked or sentenced under this law/act.
Is he the first and only one to have hunted a black buck ?
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I do not know where did you get that from. But whatever may be source, I think you should check the reliability of the source. Samlan is not the first person booked under this section of Indian panel code. I know the pubishment is very harsh. But it depends on how you tackle the case. See Manu Sharma and allies tackled the case seriously and got out of it. But I think Salman took it lightly and got the punishment. Also, in case of Salam, there was a Rajasthani community who worship black bucks and forests. Therefore the community is determined to fight against him And there was no such thing after Jessica's murder. There is not even a single similarity in these two cases except that these two cases are highlighted by media very much. So, it would be unfair to connect or relate these two cases.
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Well, even dear nawab of pataudi got pulled up for hunting..
Where the hell is he now?
This proves a lot of things..
But I am sick and tired of cursing the judicial system so I have no comments |
well i do not know what are you trying to prove. But just to throw some light on Pataudi's case. Fir for this case was filed in June 2005. Well, court took about 7 long years to announce its decision on Samlan's case and I think it will take about 12-15 more years to get the final decision when the case will reach at supreme court. And the chances are that it will go to supreme court . May be we will get a decision on Napaudi's case in less time then salman's case but it is sure that it is not going to be so soon.
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cursing the judicial system |
I believe that there is no thing like judiciary. Law can only be described as a thing that is both harmful and useful. It only depends on how you use it. Intelligent persons use law in their favour while the fools fall prey of it.
