Charges will be framed in a local court against Salman Khan [Images] in a case relating to the hunting of two blackbuck in Kakani, in 1998.

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The case under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, and sections 143, 144 and 148 of the Indian Penal Code relating to joining assembly with a deadly weapon, will come up for hearing in the Judicial Magistrate's court today, officials have said.

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A petition had been filed before the court to grant exemption to Salman from personal appearance as he was busy with the shooting of a film elsewhere, the actor's counsel Hastimal Sarswat said.

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During the filming of Hum Saath Saath Hain, a case was lodged by the state Forest Department against Salman on allegations that two blackbuck were killed at Kakani on October 1 and 2, 1998. Police filed a chargesheet in the case in 2000. The court will now be framing charges.

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