Court admits Salman Khan's revision petition in arms case

Jaipur, April 27: A court in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur on Monday called for the record of the subordite court regarding the case relating to illegal possession and use of arms by Salman Khan on the Bollywood actor’s revision plea. District and Sessions Judge, Jodhpur, Manoj Kumar Vyas, while admitting the revision petition moved by Salman for hearing, ordered summons of the record from the court of chief judicial magistrate and posted the matter on May 1 for detailed hearing. Salman and a few other Bollywood actors were accused of poaching blackbucks on the midnight of October 1-2, 1998, during the shooting of Hindi movie “Hum Saath Saath Hain”. Accused of carrying and using illegal arms also as he allegedly had arms with expired licence and a case under Arms Act registered against him thereafter, the actor, through his advocate, moved an application before the CJM’s court in Jodhpur on April 22 demanding re-examition of five witnesses of the case. (ians)