Salman Khan convicted: B-Town celebs extend their support to the superstar

New Delhi: Superstar Salman Khan was convicted on Thursday in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case and is sentenced to a 5-year jail term by a Jodhpur court. However, the other actors Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Neelam Kothari involved in the case were acquitted.As soon as the news of Salman's conviction broke, celebrities from both the television and film industry took to Twitter to extend their support to the actor and express 'shock' over the jail term.

The 'Dabangg' actor was accused of killing two blackbucks on October 2, 1998, in Kankani village in Jodhpur during the shooting of the film 'Hum Saath Saath Hain'. 

The  52-year-old actor has spent a night at the Jodhpur Central Jail and is awaiting a response to his bail plea. His bail application is expected to be heard around 10.30 by the sessions court today.

This is his fourth stint in the Jodhpur Central Jail. He has earlier spent a total of 18 days in the jail in 1998, 2006 and 2007, all for cases of poaching.