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HC issues notices to Salman Khan, Tabu and Sonali Bendre
28th July 2006 09.00 IST
By Agencies

Admitting a criminal revision petition filed by the state government, Rajasthan High Court has issued notices to film stars Salman Khan , Tabu and Sonali Bendre in connection with dropping of some charges framed against them in blackbucks poaching case by a local Jodhpur court.

However, the High Court has not issued notices to Saif Ali Khan and Neelam , who are also accused in the case, as petitions against them were found to be defective, sources said on Thursday.

All the film actors are facing poaching charges in connection with the hunting of two blackbucks at Kankani village in the district on the intervening night of October 1-2, 1998 during the shooting of Hindi film Hum Saath Saath Hain . The case is pending in a local Jodhpur court.

The Court of the Judicial Magistrate, Jodhpur, framed the charges against Salman under various sections of IPC, Indian Arms Act and Wild Life Protection (WLP) Act on February 27. Against Tabu and Sonali charges were framed under WLP and IPC.

Additional District Judge of Jodhpur on May 4 last while partially allowing the revision petition filed on behalf of film stars discharged Salman from a Section of IPC and a section of Indian Arms Act.

The Court also discharged Tabu and Sonali from any trail under IPC. They would face the trial under WLP Act only, the court had said.

The Rajasthan government has challenged the order of ADJ court in the High Court while filing the criminal revision petition.

During the hearing of revision petition in the High Court Public Prosecutor Vishal Raj Mehta contended that contrary to facts, circumstances and record, the ADJ court has committed a "serious illegality and irregularity".

"The entire prosecution was depending on the cogent and concrete evidence which successfully brought home the guilt of Salman Khan under a section of IPC and a section of Arms Act," he claimed.

Prosecution demanded quashing of order passed by the ADJ and argued that order passed by the District Magistrate, Jodhpur be maintained.

After hearing the matter on admission stage, Justice S P Pathak of the High Court issued the show cause notices to the actors.

Rajasthan Government has also filed revision petitions against Saif, Neelam and Dushyant Singh but no order was passed by the Court as these petitions were defective, sources said.

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