Updated On: 05 April, 2018 02:55 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Salman Khan has been convicted by a Jodhpur court in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case. The actor has been pronounced a sentence of 5 years of jail

Salman Khan

Salman Khan outside Jodhpur court. Pic/Pallav Paliwal
A Jodhpur court on Monday convicted Bollywood actor Salman Khan in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case and sentenced to jail for 5 years. A penalty of Rs 10,000 was also levied on him. And Twitter has its own reactions. While some are vooting that justice prevailed, others are saddened by the fact that their favourite star has been convicted. Salman Khan was facing the charges under Section 51 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, which prescribes up to six-year jail for the guilty.