Main prosecution witness not present during poaching: Salman’s lawyer to HC

The lawyer of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, arguing for setting aside the actor’s five-year jail term in a chinkara poaching case of 1998, on Thursday told the Rajasthan High Court that no case could be made out against him as the main prosecution witness was not with him at the time of the incident.

Khan’s counsel Mahesh Bora told Justice Nirmaljit Kaur that main prosecution witness Harish Dulani was not with the actor during the alleged poaching of two black bucks on October 1-2, 1998, so how could relying on his statements, the forest department and police had registered two separate cases against Khan.