Jodhpur: Actor Salman Khan was today granted bail by a district and sessions court here in the 1998 black buck poaching case in which he has been sentenced to five years in jail. 

District and Sessions Judge Ravindra Kumar Joshi heard the arguments of prosecution and defence which lasted for about an hour and pronounced the order at around 3 pm, a defence counsel said. 

Khan's sisters - Alvira and Arpita - were present during the hearing. 

The actor had spent two nights in the Jodhpur Central Jail after his sentencing on Thursday. 

The actor was convicted by a trial court and sentenced to five years in prison for killing two black bucks during the shooting of "Hum Saath Saath Hain" here.