Bollywood actor Khan in custody

Khan flew in from Mumbai after the court ruling

Bollywood star Salman Khan has been placed under police arrest in India after a Rajasthan court upheld a prison sentence passed upon him for poaching.

Khan had asked the court to overturn a five-year jail term, issued in 2006 for hunting a protected gazelle in 1998.

The actor was arrested when he arrived in Jodhpur, a day after the ruling.

He had flown in from his home in Mumbai (Bombay) - where he said that as a responsible citizen he intended to surrender - and was mobbed by fans.

Khan's lawyers have told reporters the actor will appeal against the sentence in a higher court.

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Khan was sentenced by the same court in February last year to one year for killing two protected black buck antelopes during a separate hunting trip in 1998.

The poaching cases are not Salman Khan's only brush with the law.

He is also facing trial in Mumbai in a 2002 hit-and-run case.

One person was killed and three others injured when Khan allegedly drove into a group of homeless people sleeping on a pavement.

Khan faces 10 charges, including causing death by negligent driving which carries two years in prison. He has pleaded not guilty on all counts.