Salman Khan at Jodhpur court. Pic/Pallav Paliwal

Salman Khan was found guilty and convicted in the 1998 Blackbuck poaching case. The Tiger Zinda Hai actor was sentenced to five years in jail and will be lodged in Jodhpur Central Jail. He would have to appeal to a higher court for bail. The superstar was filming for Hum Saath Saath Hain in 1998 when he was charged with hunting blackbuck. His co-stars Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Tabu and Neelam Kothari, who were also charged have been acquitted.