Fresh charges were read out against actors Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Tabu and Neelam by a court here in the 14-year-old blackbuck poaching case.<\/p>\n
Chief Judicial Magistrate Chandrakala Jain read out the charges under sections 9\/51 and 9\/52 of Wildlife protection Act and 149 of IPC and posted the case for next hearing on April 27.<\/p>\n
The actors denied the charges read out to them by the judge.<\/p>\n
Salman Khan was also supposed to appear in the court but failed to do so.<\/p>\n
The High Court had revised the charges against the actors in December 2012, charging Salman Khan with section 51 of Wildlife Protection Act and others including a local accused Dushyant Singh with section 51\/52 of Wildlife Protection Act and section 149 of IPC.<\/p>\n
They are accused of poaching two Blackbucks in the intervening night of October 1 and 2, 1998 in Kankani village near Jodhpur during the shooting of the film\u00a0Hum Saath Saath Hain.<\/i><\/p>\n
Blackbuck is a protected animal and hunting or poaching of the same is a punishable offence under law.<\/p>\n
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