Bollywood Star Salman Khan Gets 5-Years For Poaching Rare Antelope - AFP

[hatrack]

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday after he was convicted of poaching endangered Indian gazelles almost a decade ago.

"The accused committed a heinous crime and hence he is being given five years of rigorous imprisonment," Judge Vijender Kumar Jain told stunned fans and lawyers in the northern Indian desert city of Jodhpur. He also slapped a 25,000-rupee (560-dollar) fine on the 40-year-old actor. Khan had already been given a suspended one-year jail sentence in February and fined 5,000 rupees (113 dollars) for killing two of the so-called "black bucks", known as chinkara in Hindi, during a 1998 hunting expedition.

Clad in blue denims, a white cotton shirt and a baseball cap, Khan appeared nervous as police took away his mobile phone and led him to a prison cell, where he was expected to remain for at least two nights before a bail appeal can be heard.

"This is a wrong decision... This is a wrong decision," repeated Khan as his lawyer Hastimal Sashwat said he would appeal to a higher court in Rajasthan state. "We will challenge the verdict as well as the sentence," Sashwat said. The court freed four other suspects, handed down a one-year jail term on a fifth and registered cases against two prosecution witness for retracting their testimony.

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http://www.terradaily.com/2006/060410115351.ozx8xhl4.html

[Orrex]

1. When Bush heard about this

He said "At least Indians use the whole carcass."
nyuk nyuk nyuk

Regardless, that's an impressive bit of enforcement. Here in the states, you'd have to go on a private hunt on some guy's Texas ranch if you want to kill an endangered (and drugged and hobbled) animal.

[Brotherjohn]

2. Wow. He only got a slap on the wrist for running over and killing someone!

http://in.rediff.com/news/2002/sep/28khan.htm

And then there's his stalking of Aishwarya Rai.

[frylock]

3. 5 years for poaching a rare antelope?!! what a maroon..

everyone knows that rare antelope tastes best when grilled, not poached.

[Dead_Parrot]

4. lol

:spank: