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India-Pakistan
Another Bollywood star heading to jail
2007-08-24
Another case of a celebrity who thinks he's above the law.
A court in India has upheld the sentencing of Bollywood star Salman Khan in a case of poaching. Khan had asked the court to set aside a five-year jail term, issued in April 2006 for hunting a protected gazelle on a trip to Rajasthan in 1998.
And Michael Vick thinks he has problems ...
Khan, one of Bollywood's top actors, was not present in the court in Rajasthan's Jodhpur city when the judge upheld the sentence. The court said that the actor should be sent to prison immediately.

Khan's lawyers told reporters that the actor would appeal against the sentence in a higher court.

The court had found Khan guilty of killing a gazelle in September 1998 while he was shooting a film in the area. Khan was sentenced by the same court in February last year to one year for killing two protected black buck antelopes during a separate hunting trip in 1998.

The poaching cases are not Salman Khan's only brush with the law. He is also facing trial in Mumbai (Bombay) in a 2002 hit-and-run case. One person was killed and three others injured when Khan allegedly drove into a group of homeless people sleeping on a pavement.

Khan faces 10 charges, including causing death by negligent driving which carries two years in prison. He has pleaded not guilty on all counts.
Posted by:john frum

#6  More than 82 minutes?
Posted by: Eric Jablow   2007-08-24 22:19  

#5  I wish I could have a sex scandal. Maube it would revive the career of this aging Engineer.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2007-08-24 18:28  

#4  India needs more actor morality charges. Sex scandals are great for reviving aging actresses careers.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2007-08-24 16:58  

#3  Bye, Sanjay, bye. I'll miss you. I'll never forget our...
Ooooooh, helloooooo, Salman...
Posted by: Mahmoud Al-Jailbirdi   2007-08-24 11:16  

#2  Somewhere in India a prison erupts in rapturous applause

Posted by: john frum   2007-08-24 11:11  

#1  Meanwhile...

Bollywood's Sanjay Dutt released

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, jailed for buying weapons from bombers who attacked Mumbai in 1993, has been released from an Indian prison.

Dutt, who was sentenced for six years last month by a special court, was given temporary bail by the Supreme Court earlier this week.

On Monday, the court ordered the actor's release on the grounds that a copy of the judgement, passed by the special anti-terror court in Mumbai, was yet to reach the actor.

But court specified that the relief was temporary.

The judge said as soon as the actor received a copy of the Mumbai court order, he would have to surrender again and he would be sent back to jail.

Only after that could the actor file an appeal for bail and the matter would be considered on merit, the judge added.
Posted by: john frum   2007-08-24 11:09  

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