Salman exempted from appearing in court over poaching case amid COVID-19

Jodhpur Additional District and Sessions Judge Brijesh Panwar exempted Salman Khan from appearing in a court hearing in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case amid COVID-19 pandemic. The court has fixed January 16 for the next hearing, Khan's counsel HM Saraswat said. Salman had challenged the 2018 judgment which had sentenced him to five years in jail.