Superstar Salman Khan will not be present at theJodhpur District and Sessions Court for the hearing in blackbuck poaching caseon Friday, his lawyer Mahesh Bora confirmed. Bora, however, added that Salman'sfamily members might attend the court hearing.

Salman had been directed by the Jodhpur Court to appearbefore it on Friday and his lawyer had been reportedly asked to ensure theactor's presence in the court. At the last hearing in July, the court had saidif Salman failed to mark his presence before it on September 27, his bail couldbe cancelled. He has not attended the hearings since the last many months.

The 53-year-actor has been sentenced to five-yearimprisonment in the two-decade-old blackbuck poaching case but is currently outon bail. His imprisonment was announced on April 5, 2018, by the Chief JudicialMagistrate's court. He was however granted bail after two days - April 7. Salmanand his co-stars Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Neelam Kothari, areaccused of allegedly shooting two blackbucks in Kankani village in Rajasthanwhile shooting for their film 'Hum Saath Saath Hain' in 1998.

Earlier this month, the state government had filed apetition in the Rajasthan High Court challenging the acquittal of Saif, Tabu,Sonali and Neelam in the blackbuck poaching case.