Mumbai, Feb 25: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan can breathe easy for now as the Jodhpur court has deferred the hearing in his illegal arms case till Mar 3.
As per reports, before delivering the final verdict on Mar 3, the court will be hearing the pleas filed by the public prosecutor.
The public prosecutor has filed an application for reexamining some of the witnesses in the case.
Earlier, in 2002, the public prosecutor had filed a similar application in the court.
Salman's lawyer expressed disappointment over the same and stated that this is a strategy of the public prosecutor to drag the case for some more years.
At the same time, the defense lawyer has filed a plea seeking exemption from appearing in the court during the hearing of the case.
The hearing in the case has been going on for over 16 years now.
Talking about the case, public prosecutor N.K. Sankhla from the Jodhpur court said, "The case relates to both possession and use of illegal arms and the chief judicial magistrate's court has kept Feb 25 for judgment."
If found guilty, the actor may be sentenced to jail. However, he may appeal for bail following the verdict.
Four cases were filed against actor Salman Khan in the Jodhpur court in 1998.
Out of the four cases, three were related to poaching of black buck and one case was filed under Arms Act.
Police had seized one pistol and one rifle from the actor's hotel room when he was in Jodhpur, shooting for 'Hum Saath Saath Hain'.
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