Decision on bail application reserved; Salman Khan to spend another night in jail

The decision on Salman Khan’s bail application has been reserved for tomorrow by an Indian court and he has to stay in jail for another night.

District and Sessions Court Judge Ravindra Kumar Joshi told the media that he has reserved the judgment till April 7, which means, Salman Khan will have to spend yet another night in prison.

Jail superintendent Vikram Singh, while briefing the media on the celebrity inmate, said Khan would be treated as a normal prisoner and no special treatment would be given to him.

He has been given a simple wooden bed, a rug and a cooler in his cell, Singh said. "He (Khan) was given normal jail diet like dal-chapatti and the morning meal will include simple khichdi," he said.

According to reports in the Indian media, the jail where Salman was being held was under heavy security. He also spent the night alone in the cell and nobody was allowed to meet him. 

Pronouncing the verdict in the 20-year-old case, another court in Jodhpur had on Thursday convicted the actor and sentenced him to fiveyears in jail. The other co-accused in the case -- Tabu, Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Neelam -- meanwhile, were cleared of all charges. Additonally, a penalty of Rs 10,000 was also imposed on Khan.

Salman Khan has been accused of killing rare blackbuck in the Kankani village near Jodhpur in 1998 during the shooting of the film Hum Saath Saath Hain.