Salman Khan gets bail in chinkara poaching case

Bollywood star Salman Khan was released on bail on Friday after spending a week in jail in a poaching case.

"The court accepted Salman Khan's plea (for bail)," counsel Dipesh Mehta told reporters after a two-hour hearing by judge HR Panwar of the Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan High Court.

"The court has directed Salman to furnish a bond of Rs 100,000 and two sureties of like amount," Mehta added.

"We had full faith in judiciary and finally we have been proven right," says Salman counsel Hastimal Saraswat.
The actor has been asked to present himself in court on October 24.

Salman Khan gets bail in chinkara poaching case