Superstar Aamir Khan visited close friend Salman Khan on Thursday afternoon at his home after the Dabangg star was pronounced guilty in the 2002 hit-and-run case.

Salman was sentenced on Wednesday to five years imprisonment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. The 49-year-old actor has been granted interim bail till Friday.

The Andaz Apna Apna co-stars’ brotherhood is a known fact in Bollywood and among fans.

From promoting each other’s films to showering praise on one another, Aamir and Salman do not leave a chance to display their bonding.

Several other celebrities like Sonakshi Sinha, Preity Zinta, Daisy Shah, Prem Chopra, Suniel Shetty, Pulkit Samrat, Nikhil Dwivedi met the Kick actor on Wednesday evening.

Salman’s foe-turned-friend superstar Shah Rukh Khan spent over an hour at his house on the eve of the verdict.

Other Controversies

› Blackbuck case: He was accused of poaching two Blackbucks in 1998 near Jodhpur during the shooting of 'Hum Saath Saath Hain'. He was sentenced to one year prison.

› Comments about 26/11 attacks: “It was the elite that was targeted this time. So they panicked. Then they got up and spoke about it. My question is why not before? Attacks have happened in trains and small towns too, but no one talked about it so much,” Salman said in 2010. He claimed that Pakistan cannot be held responsible. He later apologised.

› Aishwarya Rai in the picture: After their presence in ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’, the couple’s relationship was in the eye of the storm. After they broke up in 2002, Aishwarya alleged that the actor harassed her, as he was unable to come to terms with the ending of their relationship. A case was also registered by Aishwarya’s parents.

› Brawl with SRK: In 2008, the two actors allegedly got into a fistfight during a party. The relationship between the two stars has never been the same since then. However, the two actors got back together on a good foot in an Iftar party and SRK attended Salman’s sister’s wedding. SRK visited Salman hours before the verdict on hit-and-run case.

› Vivek Oberoi’s allegations: The actor accused Salman of "threatening to kill him, abusing and indulging in character assassination." It was rumoured that Vivek Oberoi and Aishwarya Rai were in a relationship.

How the hit-and-run case unfolded
From initial charges to the final verdict, here's a timeline of the case that spanned over a massive 13 years..

Bollywood offers Salman Khan words of comfort
Actors across Bollywood took to Twitter to offer solace to the actor. A look at some of the tweets: