He was charged with killing two black bucks, a protected antelope species, during a hunting trip in 1998.

The original case was filed by the local Bishnoi community, who revere and worship the black bucks.

The actor had challenged a verdict by a lower court that convicted and sentenced him to one and five years in jail respectively for the two cases of poaching.

High Court Judge Nirmaljit Kaur cleared Khan in both cases, ruling that the pellets recovered from the animals were not fired from his gun.

"The honourable high court has not agreed to the prosecution evidence or its documents in both the cases. Definitely, it's a good thing that an innocent man has received justice," the actor's lawyer Hastimal Saraswat told NDTV news channel.