Jodhpur, Apr 7 (IANS): Superstar Salman Khan was granted bail on Saturday in the 1998 blackbuck case on a personal bond of Rs 50,000 by District and Sessions Court Judge Ravindra Kumar Joshi.
Arguments were concluded in the morning but Judge Joshi reserved the order for post lunch session.
The 52-year-old actor has to file a personal bail bond worth Rs 50,000, besides producing a Rs 25,000 surety from two persons each who shall guarantee that he will agree to all bail conditions.
Salman will have to to secure special permission from court if he plans to travel outside the country.
He was expected to be released by evening after all legal formalities were completed.
The Bishnoi Samaj, which had registered the complaint against Salman for killing the two bluckbucks 20 years back, have said it will approach the High Court against the verdict. The Bishnois consider the blackbuck to be the reincarnation of their religious Guru Bhagwan Jambeshwar also known as Jambaji.
Salman and other Bollywood stars Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Neelam allegedly went hunting on October 1-2 in 1998 outside a forest reserve near Kankani village here while shooting for "Hum Saath Saath Hain".
While Salman was found guilty, the four co-stars and a local, Dushyant Singh, were acquitted.