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Jodhpur, Mar 21 (PTI) The Rajasthan High Court on Monday granted the permission to transfer two petitions to it from the Jodhpur District and Sessions court in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case in which actor Salman Khan is an accused.
Hearing of these two petitions will now take place in the high court along with the one already pending before it.
Khan had moved a petition in the high court seeking transfer of these two petitions to it so that all the three cases are heard at one place.
"After a brief hearing, Justice PS Bhati granted permission to transfer the two petitions to the high court, where one petition by the state is already pending.
Hearing of all these cases will now take place at one place, which will save valuable time," said Khan"s counsel HM Saraswat.
Khan had challenged his five years" conviction in a case relating to hunting of two blackbucks in the District and Session court on April 5, 2018.