A sessions court in Jodhpur on Thursday dismissed Rajasthan government’s petition seeking prosecution of film actor Salman Khan for submitting a false affidavit regarding his arms licence during the hearing of a case accusing him of keeping arms with expired licence and using them for poaching.
Mr. Khan was present in the court through video conferencing from Mumbai, while the Public Prosecutor sought his trial under Section 193 (punishment for false evidence) of Indian Penal Code.
Mr. Khan was convicted and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in 2018 for the killing of two black bucks in Kankani village near Jodhpur when he, along with several other actors, was shooting for the film Hum Saath Saath Hain in October 1998.
Mr. Khan had filed an affidavit in the court in 2003, stating that he had lost his arms licence. It was later revealed that the actor had submitted the licence in Mumbai for renewal.
The court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate had absolved Mr. Khan of the charge,…