A bench of the Rajasthan High Court on Monday, 20 May issued fresh notices to actors Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Neelam Kothari and Tabu in the 1998 black buck poaching case, ANI reported.
The notices were sent following an appeal by the Rajasthan government against their acquittal by a Chief Judicial Magistrate's court on 5 April last year.
A notice was also issued to Dushyant Singh, who was allegedly accompanying the actors when the poaching took place. The case has been listed for hearing after eight weeks.
According to ANI, the high court had, on 11 March, issued notices to the five respondents on the state's appeal challenging their acquittal in the case.
A trial court in Jodhpur had sentenced Salman Khan to five years in jail in the case.
Khan was later released from the Jodhpur Central Jail after he was granted bail against Rs 50,000 surety in the black buck poaching case.
(With inputs from ANI)
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