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Friday August 31, 2007

Bollywood star Salman Khan was released from prison on Friday, after the court granted him bail. Khan was sent to jail last week after being convicted of illegally killing wildlife. The 41-year-old actor was sentenced to five years in prison but has appealed the conviction.

Khan’s case is scheduled to be heard on October 24. His lawyers and friends picked him up from the prison on Friday and took him to an airport so he could fly to his hometown of Mumbai.

Khan is accused of shooting endangered antelope while filming a movie in 1998. He has been convicted in one other poaching case. Khan also faces charges or manslaughter after one person was killed and four injured in an accident on the road.