Jodhpur, August 31
After spending six nights behind bars, actor Salman Khan today walked out of the prison after the Rajasthan High Court gave bail and suspended his five-year sentence awarded for killing an endangered deer nine years ago.

Justice H.R. Panwar ordered the release of the 41-year-old actor in the Chinkara poaching case after directing him to furnish a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh and two surety bonds of Rs 50,000.

Clad in a pair of jeans and a white shirt, a relaxed Salman sporting a black and grey cap and a black bag slung on his shoulders came out of the jail shortly before 6 pm. He waved to the crowd waiting outside to have a glimpse of him and greeted them with folded hands.

His bodyguard - Shera - was the first to greet him outside the gate. He was escorted into a waiting vehicle by the police and taken to a hotel on his way to Mumbai by a chartered flight.

His lawyers earlier fulfilled the release formalities within a few hours after the judge gave the actor some reprieve.

The judge gave the order after hearing arguments for three hours on his revision petition along with the bail application. The court fixed October 24 as the next date of hearing the revision petition.

Salman, who was arrested on Saturday, was lodged in the Central Jail here after losing his appeal in the district and session court against his five-year sentence in the Chinkara poaching case.