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The actor will be freed from jail on Saturday
after completing the necessary formalities, his lawyer Mahesh
Bora told reporters.
Khan's fans set off firecrackers outside his home in Mumbai and
outside the court in Jodhpur in the northwestern state of
Rajasthan after the actor was granted bail.
Khan, 52, was found guilty of violating Indian wildlife laws by
killing a blackbuck, an endangered species of antelope, in 1998.
The case was brought by members of a community known as the
Bishnoi, who revere antelopes. The community had pursued the
case against Khan for almost two decades.
The actor may not leave the country without the court's
permission, Mahipal Bishnoi, a lawyer for the Bishnoi community,
told reporters.
Khan has had other run-ins with the law.
In 2015, a Bombay High Court overturned Khan's conviction in a
hit-and-run case in which he was accused of running over a group
of people sleeping on a city sidewalk, killing one and injuring
four.
Last year, another court in Jodhpur acquitted Khan in a separate
poaching case, ruling that there was no proof that Khan had
killed an endangered gazelle.
Khan has made a series of blockbuster hits in the last few years
with the latest in December, "Tiger Zinda Hai", grossing more
than 3 billion rupees ($52 million) at the box office.
His next film, "Race 3", is an action thriller scheduled for
release later in the year. Khan has also signed a deal with
global e-commerce giant Amazon that gives its Prime video
streaming service exclusive worldwide rights to his catalogue
and upcoming titles.
(Reporting by Rajendra Jadhav; editing by Euan Rocha and Jason
Neely)
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