Another set of charges were filed against actor Salman Khan and 4 other actors in a Jodhpur court for poaching a black buck in 1998. Khan, who has already been convicted and sentenced in a different poaching case, is also facing charges of vehicular manslaughter for driving in an inebriated condition and running over sidewalk sleepers. Key witlessness and co-conspirators have been systematically cajoled, threatened, or motivated to back off or not show up for hearings. One of Khan's bodyguards has a non-bailable warrant against him after he did not show up for several successive summonses. Often, police collude with well-known personalities or those who wield power and influence feigning to be unable of arresting or producing witnesses for the case. One of the co-accused in this black buck poaching case is Saif Ali Khan who is son of 'Tiger' Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, a former cricketer who was also recently arrested for poaching the endangered species. The other actors are all women who allegedly encouraged or dared Khan to kill the black buck. Actors, cricketers, and political actors often get a lot of latitude from the police or law enforcement officials; they exploit this latitude with impunity.

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