Jodhpur, Apr 6: The bail petition by Bollywood actor Salman Khan who was pronounced guilty and sentenced to 5 years in jail in the Blackbuck poaching case of 1998 has been postponed to April 7 by the Jodhpur sessions court here on Thursday, April 6.

Just before the hearing, Salman's counsel claimed that he received threatening messages. "Yesterday I got threatening SMSs and internet calls warning me not to appear for Salman Khan in bail hearing today," Salman's lawyer Mahesh Bora said.

Pronouncing the verdict in the 20-year-old case, another court in Jodhpur had on Thursday convicted the actor and sentenced him to five years in jail. The other co-accused in the case Tabu, Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Neelam meanwhile, were cleared of all charges. Additonally, a penalty of Rs 10,000 was also imposed on Khan.

The actor is accused of killing two blackbucks in the Kankani village near Jodhpur in 1998 during the shooting of the film Hum Saath Saath Hain.

He was charged under Section 51 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act and others under Section 51 read with Section 149 (unlawful assembly) of the Indian Penal Code.