Jodhpur, July 22: Bollywood actor Satish Shah, co-accused in the poaching case against cine star Salman Khan, was today allowed to go abroad by a local court. Accepting Shah's application, chief judicial magistrate Mohammad Salim Malik granted him permission to go abroad between July 22 and August 10.

Shah is a co-accused in one of the three cases of poaching of protected wild animals registered against Salman Khan in 1998.

Shah's counsel Hastimal Saraswat pleaded before the court that the actor had to go to New York to participate in the shooting of Dharma production's film 'Kal ho na ho' for which he had taken advance money after signing a contract.

After hearing the argument, the magistrate allowed Shah to go abroad and directed him to intimate the court about his return home.

The cases of poaching of wild animals were registered in September, 1998 when the cine stars were shooting for Sooraj Barjatya's film 'Hum saath saath hain' in and around Jodhpur.


Bureau Report