Before starting to write the judgment, it is important to note that three separate cases were registered for three different alleged incidents supposed to have occurred between a period of six days:

(i) FIR No.162/1998 was registered at Police Station Mathania, Jodhpur on 11.10.1998 for incident of hunting a deer, which allegedly took place on 26.09.1998 (Criminal Case No. 207/1999);

(ii) FIR No.163/1998 was also registered on 11.10.1998 at Police Station Mathania for the offence of allegedly killing another deer on 28.09.1998 (Criminal Case No.206/1999); and

(iii) FIR No.93(26) of 1998 was registered with the Forest Department on 02.10.1998 for the incident of hunting, which allegedly took place on the intervening night of 01.10.1998 and 02.10.1998, for which, the trial is still going on (Criminal Case No.66/2011).

For the incident of hunting, which is alleged to have taken place on 26.09.1998 and pertains to FIR No.162/1998, accused-Salman Khan has been convicted for the offence under Section 51 of the Wild Life Protection Act and sentenced to undergo one year's simpl