New Delhi, Delhi, India

Bollywood actor Salman Khan may have to spend a few more nights in jail as the District and Sessions Judge, who was scheduled to hear the actor's bail plea in blackbuck poaching case has been transferred by the Rajasthan High Court.

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The Rajasthan High Court transferred Sessions Judge Ravindra Kumar Joshi along with other 87 district judges.  

Joshi was scheduled to take the decision on the bail plea, filed by the actor in Jodhpur Sessions Court on Saturday. The judge had, on Friday, put off the hearing by a day as he wanted to see the entire case record before deciding whether Salman Khan should be granted bail. 

Judge Joshi has been transferred from Jodhpur to Siroh in Rajasthan. He will be replaced by Chandra Kumar Songara, district and sessions judge of Bhilwara. 

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Meanwhile, Mahesh Bora, Salman Khan's lawyer told reporters that he was receiving threatening SMSes and internet calls warning him not to appear for the Bollywood star's bail hearing.

Salman Khan was handed out a 5-year prison sentence by the court, however, the other stars in the case - Saif Khan, Neelam, Tabu and Sonali Bendre - were acquitted.

Salman was sentenced under Section 51 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act and others under Section 51 read with Section 149 (unlawful assembly) of the Indian Penal Code. The Bollywood superstar was also slapped with a penalty of Rs 10,000.

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Meanwhile, the nurse, who helped deliver Salman Khan visited a temple in Indore and prayed for his release in the case.

Rukmani Bai, who is also known as Salman's third mother, was working at Indore nursing home when the actor was born there on December 27, 1965.

Soon after the news of Salman's conviction came in, Bai visited a Hanuman temple in Indore and wished for his early release.