PTI
 
Jodhpur, Apr 8: A court here on Friday rejected an application, filed by cine star Salman Khan, to summon a key witness in a poaching case in which he was an accused.

Chief Judicial Magistrate Brijendra Kumar Jain dismissed the application saying since arguments in the case had been over, there was no ground to entertain the petition.

The court will deliver the judgement in the case on April 10.

The application sought summoning of witness Harish Dulani, absconding for the past four years, after a TV channel telecast his interview last Wednesday in which he retracted from his earlier statement.

He said in the interview that he had never seen Salman killing the black buck, adding he had given his earlier statement under pressure from police and forest department officials.

Salman's counsel argued the court had not yet given the judgement and it could summon any witness at this stage in the interest of justice.

A poaching case was registered in 1988 against Salman Khan and others under the Wildlife Protection Act and the Indian Arms Act.