Mumbai: Jodhpur court acquitted actor Salman Khan on Monday in the case of submitting a false affidavit in court.
The Rajasthan government had submitted plea accusing Salman of submitting a fake affidavit about his lost weapon's license in 2006. CJM rural court Ankit Raman dismissed state government's plea.
Salman was poked in three different cases in black buck poaching case while the shooting of his film 'Hum Saath Saath Hain'.
He was booked under the Arms Act. During the hearing of the case he was asked to submit his arms license.
The actor had submitted an affidavit in the court claiming that he had lost his weapon's license.
After the allegation by the state government, the prosecution asked the court to take action against Salman under Section 340 of the Code of Criminal procedure in 2006.
The defence counsel Hastimal Saraswat argued that Khan didn't intend to mislead the court and his licence was actually missing at that time. Any proceeding regarding this matter would not be justified.
Speaking to IANS, Saraswat said, "Soon after Salman Khan was booked under the Arms Act, we asked him to send his weapon's licence. He searched for it at his home but could not find it as it had been submitted at Mumbai Police Commissioner's office for renewal."
"Khan, however, forgot this and registered an FIR at the Bandra police station. We submitted the missing licence report in court along with the other documents. However, the DCP later sent the renewed licence, following which the prosecution accused Khan of submitting a fake certificate in court," Saraswat said.
"We argued that he had no such malafide intention. A person sometimes forgets where he has kept his documents. In such a case, he should not be persecuted but his intentions should be studied. All statements made by Salman were in harmony and there was no contradiction and therefore he was set free," he added.
