After spending six nights behind bars, Bollywood star Salman Khan on Friday walked out of the prison after the Rajasthan High Court gave bail and suspended his five-year sentence awarded for killing an endangered deer nine years back. Justice H R Panwar ordered the release of the 41-year-old star in the Chinkara poaching case after directing him to furnish a personal bond of Rs one lakh and two surety bonds of Rs 50,000.
Clad in a jeans pant and a white full-sleeved shirt folded, a relaxed Salman sporting a black and grey cap and a black bag slung on his shoulders came out of the jail shortly before six p.m. He waved to the crowd waiting outside to have a glimpse of him and once greeted them with folded hands.
The star's bodyguard--Shera-- was the first to greet him outside the gate. He was quickly put in a waiting vehicle by police and taken to the hotel on his way to Mumbai by a chartered flight.
His lawyers earlier fulfilled all the release formalities within a few hours after the judge gave the order giving the actor some reprieve.
The judge gave the order after hearing arguments for three hours on his revision petition along with the bail application. The court fixed the next date of hearing the revision petition on 24 October.
Salman, who was arrested on Saturday last, is lodged in the central jail in Jodhpur after losing his appeal in the district and session court of Jodhpur against his five-year sentence in the Chinkara poaching case awarded by the Chief Judicial Magistrate on April 10 last year.
The five-year sentence will remain suspended till the order on the star's revision petition is pronounced.
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