Rajasthan govt appeals against Salman’s acquittal in Arms case

Jaipur : The Rajasthan Government has filed an appeal in the District and Sessions Court, Jodhpur, against actor Salman Khan’s acquittal in the Arms Act case related to the alleged poaching of chinkara in 1998.
The plea filed on Tuesday has been admitted and notices issued to Khan, public prosecutor Pokar Ram Bishnoi said on Wednesday.
District and Sessions Judge Bhagwan Das Agarwal issued notice to the actor seeking his reply by April 21.  The government has challegned Khan’s acquittal in the case involving alleged possession of an unlicensed weapon by him for poaching chinkara in Jodhpur district in 1998. The Jodhpur Chief Judicial Magistrate had acquitted Salman in the case on January 18 citing technical grounds saying he had been prosecuted under wrong sections. Bishnoi, in the government plea, has argued before the sessions judge that the case had been proved against Khan, which was also admitted by the court and that on the basis of the examination of the evidences and witnesses, the prosecution had proved the case.