In a keenly watched verdict, Salman Khan was pronounced not guilty in a blackbuck poaching and illegal arms possession case by a Jodhpur court on Wednesday.
The court said the superstar was acquitted due to lack of evidence.
In October 1998, a case was registered against Salman for allegedly possessing arms with expired licenses and also charged for poaching two blackbucks during the shoot of Sooraj Barjatya's Hum Saath Saath Hain.
The case was registered under sections of the Arms Act after a complaint by the state Forest Department.
Twitter was soon awash with a flood of comments. Here are a few:
#SalmanKhan was in Jodhpur to catch desert type Pokemon.
— JD (@JagaaDaaku) January 18, 2017
#SalmanKhan should rename his charity from Being Human to Being innocent..
— kill Bill Pandey... (@iamnavamohan) January 18, 2017
Judge: Wat do u want to say in ur defence?
— Manavi Mahajan (@manavimhjn) January 18, 2017
Salman: I am Salman Khan.
Judge: Ba-izzat bari kiya jata hai.#SalmanVerdict #ArmsCase #Insanity
#SalmanKhan Is So Innocent That Even Arvind Kejriwal Can Never Find Any 370 Page Proofs Against Him pic.twitter.com/M4Eu9qNSNd
— The Angry Lord (@TheAngryLord) January 18, 2017
Jodhpur police should file case against the black buck family for tarnishing the good name of ``large-hearted'' #SalmanKhan
— T S Sudhir (@Iamtssudhir) January 18, 2017
Salman Khan didn't kill the black buck and Katappa didn't kill Bahubali.
— Politically Correct™ (@arunwowfactor) January 18, 2017
India's #andhaakanoon #SalmanVerdict https://t.co/DSu92ZOPrZ
Apparently, the black buck shot himself with its own rifle. #SalmanVerdict
— Gaurav Chauhan (@gaurav2811) January 18, 2017
#SalmanKhan is INNOCENT
— Love Rahul Gandhi (@iamsmithaa) January 18, 2017
Black buck committed SUICIDE #SalmanVerdict pic.twitter.com/3VYmAwgBB5
Federer is a master of grass court. Nadal of clay court. But Salman has mastered all the Indian courts.#SalmanVerdict
— Parth MN (@parthpunter) January 18, 2017