Salman Khan

On 5 April 2018, a Jodhpur court found Khan guilty of hunting two blackbucks at Kankani in 1998 and sentenced him to five years in prison, while several co-defendants were acquitted. Khan was released on bail and appealed. In February 2026, a Rajasthan High Court judge recused himself, further delaying the joint hearing of the appeals.

Attribution

Accused

Khan applies to the Delhi High Court against a film entitled 'Kala Hiran - The Battle for Legacy', maintaining that the project uses his identity and elements associated with the blackbuck case in a commercial and defamatory manner. The court grants interim measures concerning the teaser and distribution while litigation continues in September 2026.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Protagonist is the complainant

Hindu groups and online commentators challenge images from the 'Hud Hud Dabangg' song showing sadhus dancing with guitars and call for a boycott of 'Dabangg 3'. Salman Khan Films subsequently announces that it has voluntarily removed certain sequences.

State of the evidence

Documented

Khan was prosecuted for allegedly possessing and using firearms whose licences had expired in connection with the 1998 hunting cases. In January 2017, the Jodhpur court acquitted him, finding that the prosecution had failed to provide conclusive evidence of the alleged offences.

Attribution

Accused

Course of the proceedings

1. Formally charged — Formal charge before the current outcome

After an SUV struck people sleeping on a Mumbai pavement in 2002, killing one man and injuring several others, a first-instance court sentenced Khan to five years in prison for culpable homicide in May 2015, finding that he had been driving. In December 2015, the Bombay High Court overturned the conviction and acquitted him, considering the evidence insufficient beyond reasonable doubt. Maharashtra subsequently obtained permission to appeal to the Supreme Court.

Attribution

Accused

Course of the proceedings

1. Formally charged — Formal charge before the current outcome

In one of the hunting cases arising from the filming of 'Hum Saath Saath Hain', Khan was sentenced in 2006 to one year in prison for the alleged poaching of two chinkaras at Bhawad in September 1998. The Rajasthan High Court acquitted him in July 2016.

Attribution

Accused

Course of the proceedings

1. Formally charged — Formal charge before the current outcome

In a separate case concerning a chinkara at Ghoda Farm/Mathania in September 1998, Khan was sentenced in 2006 to five years in prison. The Rajasthan High Court also overturned this conviction in July 2016.

Attribution

Accused

Course of the proceedings

1. Formally charged — Formal charge before the current outcome

Describing exhaustion during training and filming for 'Sultan', Khan says he came out of the ring feeling like a 'raped woman'. The remark provokes substantial outrage and the National Commission for Women asks him to explain and apologise.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Personally implicated

Days before the execution of Yakub Memon, convicted in connection with the 1993 Mumbai bombings, Khan posts tweets arguing that Memon's brother Tiger should be hanged instead and that Yakub should not be executed for his brother's crimes. Following strong protests, he deletes the messages and apologises.

Attribution

Personally implicated

Khan participates in a kite festival with Narendra Modi in Gujarat and speaks favourably of him while Modi is a candidate for Prime Minister. Critics, including some Muslim leaders and activists, accuse him of downplaying Modi's controversial record and call for a boycott of 'Jai Ho'.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Political responsibility

Aishwarya Rai publicly states that following their relationship she suffered verbal, physical and emotional abuse from Salman Khan, as well as harassment and repeated phone calls, and announces that she will no longer work with him.

State of the evidence

Alleged

Attribution

Directly implicated

At a press conference, Vivek Oberoi alleges that Salman Khan called him dozens of times, insulted him and threatened to come and kill him amid their conflict over Aishwarya Rai.

State of the evidence

Alleged

Attribution

Directly implicated