Salman Khan gets Bail

Mumbai, Apr 07: Actor Salman Khan was on Saturday granted bail by a district and sessions court in Jodhpur in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case in which he has been sentenced to five years in jail.Judge Ravindra Kumar Joshi, who began hearing his bail request this morning, has ordered his release on bail.

District and Sessions Judge Ravindra Kumar Joshi heard the arguments of prosecution and defence which lasted for about an hour and pronounced the order at around 3 pm, a defence counsel said.

Khan's sisters Alvira and Arpita were present during the hearing. The actor had spent two nights in the Jodhpur Central Jail after his sentencing on Thursday.