Ten days after he was sentenced to a year in prison in a Chinkara poaching case, Salman Khan along with four other Bollywood filmstars including Saif Ali Khan and Tabu was today charged in a local court in another case relating to hunting of black bucks.

All the seven accused in the case - actresses Sonali Bendre and Neelam, Salman, Saif and Tabu and two others - were present in the court of Judicial Magistrate Dalpat Singh Raj Purohit when the charges relating to poaching of two black bucks at Kankani village on the night of Oct 1, 1998 were read out.

The charges were framed against Salman, the main accused, under provisions of the Wildlife Protection Act that bans hunting of black bucks and Section 147 of the Indian Penal Code (unlawful assembly).

The others, including two Jodhpur residents Dushyant Singh and Dinesh Ghawre, are accused of abetting the crime and they were charged under other sections of WPF and IPC.

Salman also appeared before Chief Judicial Magistrate Bijender Kumar Jain in a case relating to black buck poaching at Ghora farm under Mathania police station.

The defence evidence would be produced on behalf of Pratap Singh and Tulaji Angr. Salman has already refused to produce any witness in his defence regarding this case.

Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Neelam reached this Rajasthan town yesterday while Salman Khan arrived today and appeared in court in the afternoon.