In a huge relief for Salman Khan, the Rajasthan High Court acquitted the Bollywood actor in the blackbuck and chinkara poaching cases.
The verdict in the 18-year-old case set Twitter abuzz and while fans expressed their joy and congratulated the star, many others were quick to compare it with the hit-and-run case.
Others were sceptical about the verdict, saying that Salman Khan had got away after breaking the law.
Only celebrity cases make us realise how dead slow judiciary works .it's scary it took 20yrs for court to decide Salman khan is not guilty
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) July 25, 2016
Thanks for not convicting the Black Buck https://t.co/7crAUfFuHt
— J Gopikrishnan (@jgopikrishnan70) July 25, 2016
#EXCLUSIVE | Very happy for Salman Khan, he deserved to get a relief: Shakti Kapoor to CNN-News18 #SalmanAcquitted
— News18 (@CNNnews18) July 25, 2016
In Hit-and-run case, #SalmanKhan was not driving. In black buck case, the driver is missing.
— T S Sudhir (@Iamtssudhir) July 25, 2016
When you have bucks to splash, poor human lives lost on pavements or black bucks poached in the wild are irrelevant #SalmanKhan
— Arun George (@saysarun) July 25, 2016
@BeingSalmanKhan is a Science marvel with first self driven car and auto firing rifle on his name. Pure genius https://t.co/VAqcwED8Xh
— Vaishakh pai (@vaishakh_pai) July 25, 2016
@BeingSalmaKhan2 Actually both the black buck & chinkara committed suicides to bring bad name for @BeingSalmanKhan
— Sarma Vishnu (@SarmaVishnu2) July 25, 2016
The bucks won, this time.
— Bharadwaj Patnaik (@agog_idiot) July 25, 2016
The Black Buck didn't.#SalmanAcquitted #SalmanKhan
However, there was no stopping Salman Khan fans from congratulating the star.
@viralbollywood very happy for Salman Khan and his family
— Love Salman Forever (@robangill2) July 25, 2016
Omg!What a news!#SalmanKhan acquitted...after ages i get a good news.congrats #Salmankhanfanclub
— Saima (@Umma_saima) July 25, 2016
Congratulations...
— ashu quareshi (@ashu_quareshi) July 25, 2016
Now this is power pack of @BeingSalmanKhan
The real Indian superstar .....
@BeingSalmanKhan acquitted in Poaching Cases by Rajasthan High Court !!! Truth Always Wins !!!
— Mayur Patodkar (@mayurpatodkar) July 25, 2016