Salman's hopes to be free suffers setback
Jodhpur, Aug. 29 (PTI): Bollywood actor Salman Khan's hopes to come out of a jail here in the Chinkara poaching case suffered a setback today when a judge of Rajasthan High Court recused himself from hearing on his bail plea which will now be heard by another bench tomorrow.
Justice G K Vyas, who was to hear the actor's bail plea as well as the revision petition against the order of the district and sessions court, asked Khan's advocate to approach another bench, apparently because he was the counsel for the veterinarian who had conducted the post-mortem of the chinkara.
Following Justice Vyas' recusal, another bench of Justice H R Panwar asked the lawyers of Khan heard the matter late in this afternoon and ordered the listing of the case tomorrow.
"The court will hear our plea tomorrow", Dipesh Mehta, a Mumbai-based lawyer who appeared on behalf of Salman, told mediapersons after coming out of the court.
Salman, who was arrested on Saturday, is lodged in Central Jail here after losing his appeal in the district and session court of Jodhpur against his sentence in the chinkara poaching case handed out by the Chief Judicial Magistrate on April 10.
Sisters of Salman Alivera and Arpita were present in the court today in both sessions.
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