--- description: Salman Khan was found guilty of wildlife poaching and sentenced to five years by a court in Jodhpur for killing two protected antelopes. title: Bollywood Star Salman Khan Convicted of Wildlife Poaching image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt912433ed661cd263/69892ce1db29878c7025f4ba/gettyimages-942081754.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [India](/tag/india/) ## India Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Bollywood Star Salman Khan Has Been Convicted of Poaching Protected Antelopes by [Eli Meixler](/author/eli/) ## Eli Meixler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 12, 2023 8:45 PM CUTPublished: Apr 5, 2018 9:40 AM CUT  Indian Bollywood actor Salman Khan arrives at a court to hear the verdict in a wildlife poaching case against him in Jodhpur on April 5, 2018. Indian Bollywood actor Salman Khan arrives at a court to hear the verdict in a wildlife poaching case against him in Jodhpur on April 5, 2018.AFP/Getty Images by [Eli Meixler](/author/eli/) ## Eli Meixler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 12, 2023 8:45 PM CUTPublished: Apr 5, 2018 9:40 AM CUT Indian actor Salman Khan was found guilty of wildlife poaching and sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday in a decades-long case that has seen the Bollywood superstar dodge multiple prior charges. An Indian court in Jodhpur [convicted](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-43652304 "undefined") Khan of killing two blackbucks, a protected species also called Indian antelopes, while shooting a film in India’s western Rajasthan state in 1998, the BBC reports. Khan, who was taken into custody Thursday, was also fined 10,000 Indian rupees ($154). Four other actors who starred in the film with Khan and were also charged in the incident have been acquitted. Khan, 52, who pleaded not guilty, can appeal the case to a higher court. If the appeal is accepted, he could be granted bail or even have his sentence overturned. The ruling is not the actor’s first run-in with the law. In December 2015, Khan was [cleared](http://time.com/4144079/salman-khan-hit-run-verdict-acquitted/ "undefined") in a 2002 hit-and-run case in which a homeless man died. He had also been acquitted in three previous cases related to poaching and possession of [firearms](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-38660382#sa-link%5Flocation=story-body&intlink%5Ffrom%5Furl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fworld-asia-india-43652304&intlink%5Fts=1522921857301-sa "undefined"), according to the BBC. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5228918/india-salman-khan-actor-poaching/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5228918/india-salman-khan-actor-poaching/"},"headline":"Bollywood Star Salman Khan Has Been Convicted of Poaching Protected Antelopes","datePublished":"2018-04-05T09:40:16.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-12T20:45:27.000Z","description":"Khan, one of Bollywood's biggest stars, was sentenced to five years in prison","url":"https://time.com/5228918/india-salman-khan-actor-poaching/","keywords":["India","onetime","overnight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt912433ed661cd263/69892ce1db29878c7025f4ba/gettyimages-942081754.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eli Meixler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eli/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt912433ed661cd263/69892ce1db29878c7025f4ba/gettyimages-942081754.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"INDIA-ENTERTAINMENT-ANIMAL-BOLLYWOOD-KHAN","caption":"INDIA-ENTERTAINMENT-ANIMAL-BOLLYWOOD-KHAN","creditText":"AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/india/","name":"India"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5228918/india-salman-khan-actor-poaching/","name":"Bollywood Star Salman Khan Has Been Convicted of Poaching Protected Antelopes"}}]}] ```