Bollywood superstar Salman Khan was handed a five-year jail term for a 20-year old blackbuck poaching incident at a court in Jodphur on Thursday.

The court, however, has adjourned his bail plea to Saturday, which means the actor is now spending one more night in the Jodhpur Central Jail. 

He applied for bail after the lower court declared him guilty under wildlife protection laws. 

According to Salman’s lawyer, Mahesh Bora, the conviction solely depends on an unreliable eyewitness. 

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“We argued for bail in the court. Basically the eyewitness is not reliable. The trial court has convicted Salman on the basis of basically just one eyewitness”, says he.

The actor has already spent one night in jail and has been kept alone in a cell with additional security. 

Meanwhile Twitter had a field day following the conviction

Some people think he is not worthy of a bail

Really hoping @BeingSalmanKhan doesn’t get a bail tomorrow!

— રાજ Mithani ???????? (@MithaniRaj) April 5, 2018

Others think he is a victim of his stardom

.@BeingSalmanKhan is a victim of his stardom. Was Salman hunting alone? How can the co-accused be acquitted and Salman convicted? The Courts must grant him bail tomorrow. This too for a crime he has not committed. #BlackbuckPoachingCase

— Moazam Ali Aftab (@AftabMoazam) April 5, 2018

Fans are praying for his bail tomorrow

@BeingSalmanKhan I don’t know what have u done…what is right and wrong…i just love u and I want to see you out of the jail….i will pray from the bottom of my heart that u should get bail tommorw…u are in the jail it makes me very uncomfortable…

— shwetakanthra (@shwetakanthra) April 5, 2018