A district and sessions court in Jodhpur dismissed the plea of Rajasthan government over alleged submission of a false affidavit by Bollywood actor Salman Khan related to his arms licence in the court in 2003.
Earlier, a lower court had dismissed the plea of the state government.
According to news agency ANI, Salman Khan's lawyer Hastimal Saraswat said, "Jodhpur district and sessions court dismissed both the pleas of the state government, in a detailed order. We had replied in 2006 itself that no false affidavits were presented and such pleas are being furnished only to disturb Salman Khan."
Khan had filed the affidavit in the court in 2003 in the case against him under Arms Act stating that he had lost his arms licence.
The prosecution had argued that he had submitted a false affidavit as his licence was not lost but submitted for renewal.
We argued that it was not intentional to submit thisaffidavit as Khan was a busy actor and had no exact idea about his licence at that time, Saraswat had earlier said.
The matter is linked to a case against the Bollywood actor under the Arms Act, in which Khan had been accused of keeping arms with an expired licence and using them for poaching.
—With PTI inputs
