<p>A local court in Jodhpur has summoned Bollywood actor Salman Khan to appear before it on Jan 29 in an Arms Act case.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Chandra Kala Jain, after hearing and examining prosecution witnesses on Wednesday, asked the actor to appear before the court and record his statement.<br /><br />"Salman has been asked to appear personally before the court on January 29," Salman's counsel Hastimal Saraswat told IANS on phone.<br /><br />Till now he was exempted from appearing in the court.<br /><br />It may be mentioned that on the midnight of October 1-2, 1998 during the shooting of Hindi movie "Hum Saath Saath Hain", allegedly two blackbucks, a protected animal under the Wildlife Protection Act, were killed on the outskirts of Kankani village near Jodhpur. <br /><br />Salman along with few other stars were accused of poaching blackbucks. <br /><br />During this time the Bollywood star was also accused of carrying illegal arms. He is alleged to have been carrying arms with expired license.<br /><br />A complaint was filed against Salman on charges of being involved in hunting of protected blackbucks.</p>
<p>A local court in Jodhpur has summoned Bollywood actor Salman Khan to appear before it on Jan 29 in an Arms Act case.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Chandra Kala Jain, after hearing and examining prosecution witnesses on Wednesday, asked the actor to appear before the court and record his statement.<br /><br />"Salman has been asked to appear personally before the court on January 29," Salman's counsel Hastimal Saraswat told IANS on phone.<br /><br />Till now he was exempted from appearing in the court.<br /><br />It may be mentioned that on the midnight of October 1-2, 1998 during the shooting of Hindi movie "Hum Saath Saath Hain", allegedly two blackbucks, a protected animal under the Wildlife Protection Act, were killed on the outskirts of Kankani village near Jodhpur. <br /><br />Salman along with few other stars were accused of poaching blackbucks. <br /><br />During this time the Bollywood star was also accused of carrying illegal arms. He is alleged to have been carrying arms with expired license.<br /><br />A complaint was filed against Salman on charges of being involved in hunting of protected blackbucks.</p>