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Mumbai: Bombay High Court has suspended Salman Khan's five-year sentence in 2002 Hit and Run Case pending appeal, which will be heard in June.
Actor Salman Khan's car was flanked by his fans and press cameras this evening.

The Dabangg star waved at fans from his balcony. On his wrist is the lucky bracelet he always wears, given to him by his father Salim Khan


Salman's version of the victory sign involves three fingers


The adoring masses got a salute as well


He greeted fans with a namaste


He also appeared to be wagging a finger at some fans


Salman appears on his balcony with his parents, brother Arbaaz and sister Arpita to wave at the assembled crowd. This is the first acknowledgment he's made of the fans who have gathered


Salman is home now. The queue of Bollywood guests has dwindled since this morning. The actor's ex-girlfriend Sangeeta Bijlani was photographed arriving some minutes ago


Cops, press photographers, TV cameras keep vigil outside Galaxy Apartments. Salman left the Sessions Court a short while ago


Hum Saath Saath Hain. The crowd outside Salman Khan's house shows no sign of dispersing


Salman's sister Alvira told NDTV that the Khans will fight the case all the way. The next hearing is on June 15. The actor's appeal will be heard starting July.
The actor's car was surrounded by press cameras and crews as he drove into the court and then left.

Salman left court a free man, except that he will have to ask for court permission before travelling abroad. His lawyers say that, given the nature of his work, they would have liked for the court to have agreed to Salman simply informing it of his travel plans rather than having to seek permission.
Salman was driven to court by Ashok Singh, the man who told the court that it was him at the wheel when the hit-and-run took place


Back at Galaxy Apartments, emotions run high and cops help to keep jubilant fans in check



(Photo courtesy: AFP)
And he's gone

We are relieved. Happy he's going to be home: Salman's sister Alvira to NDTV. She was the only Khan in court today

Meanwhile, Salman has surrendered before the Sessions Court 
For everybody wondering why a Bollywood star needs two weeks - or any weeks at all - to come up with Rs 30,000, this is standard practice
The court has given Salman Khan two weeks in which to deposit the Rs 30,000 his bail has been posted at
Salman Khan's legal team

The 49-year-old actor will apply for bail with a bond of Rs 30,000 and has the right to seek permission to travel abroad
Salman Khan arrives at the Sessions Court to complete bail formalities




Earlier today, there was this - Arbaaz roaring up pillion on a motorbike, an entry befitting of a Bollywood Khan



(Photo courtesy: PTI)

As others thank God and the courts, musician Baba Sehgal keeps it simple:

The mood outside Galaxy Apartments is upbeat



(Photo courtesy: PTI)
Things are crazy outside Salman's home right now. Cops are trying to keep the peace



(Photo courtesy: PTI)
While nobody from the Khan family has commented so far, former MLA Baba Siddiqui said that he had complete trust in the Indian judiciary which "sees every aspect of an individual." Mr Siddiqui is a close friend of the family and was at the court this morning. Two years in a row, Salman and then-enemy Shah Rukh Khan hugged at Mr Siddqui's iftar parties
Saba and Farah, the conjoined twins from Bihar who went on a fast after he was convicted, told news agency ANI that they were very happy he's not going to jail and that they want to be fed their first bite of food in days by him
Firecrackers being readied outside Salman's house


Actor Rishi Kapoor has ended his self-imposed retirement from Twitter (it only lasted half a day) with this tweet:
Salman's lawyers must have argued that he would not misuse the liberty granted by the court. The prosecution should have objected firmly: Senior public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam to NDTV
Fireworks at Galaxy Apartments


From Salman's Tere Naam director Satish Kaushik:
Outside Salman's home, jubilant fans are distributing and eating sweets


Elsewhere, singer Mika Singh is thrilled that Salman's not going to jail yet

Criticism of the court's decision trickles in

The Khans are sticking together. Soon after Salman's sentence was suspended, his step-mother Helen was spotted at Galaxy Apartments


So was his sister-in-law Malaika, who is married to Salman's brother Arbaaz


A senior lawyer on why the court's decision couldn't have been any different:

The camera captured Salman's lucky bracelet on his wrist as he left home for court. The silver and turquoise bracelet was given to the actor by his father Salim Khan


Meanwhile, #SalmanBailOrJail is still trending on Twitter
Salman being driven to the Sessions Court to complete bail formalities


Salman's fans, friends and family are cheering but others are questioning the court's decision


The next hearing the case is on June 15. The actor's appeal will be heard in July 
He's being driven in the same white car that took him to the court on the day of the verdict


Salman Khan has just left Galaxy Apartments for the Sessions Court where he has to furnish a fresh bail bond
Salman's Jai Ho heroine Daisy Shah tweets:

This was Ajay Devgn arriving a while ago



May 08, 2015 13:03 (IST)