Rahul gets bail in defamation case, next hearing on April 13


Surat, Apr 3 (IANS): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who was sentenced to two years in prison in a criminal defamation case, was granted bail extension by a sessions court in Gujarat's Surat on Monday. The court will hear his appeal against conviction in the case on April 13.

Earlier, the former president of Congress, arrived in Surat to file the appeal in sessions court against a lower court's order that found him guilty of criminal defamation. The charges stemmed from a remark he made in April 2019 while campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka's Kolar.

The court accepted Gandhi's petition and scheduled it for a hearing on April 13. However, he also faces another deadline to vacate his official residence in New Delhi, which was allotted to him as an MP, by April 22.

During his campaign, Gandhi stated that "all thieves have Modi surname", equating Prime Minister Narendra Modi with fugitives like Lalit Modi and Nirav Modi. On March 23, a lower court in Surat found him guilty of defaming the entire Modi community in a case filed by BJP MLA Purnesh Modi. The former Congress president was subsequently disqualified from the Lok Sabha under a rule that bars convicted MPs from holding Lok Sabha membership.

Gandhi was given the maximum 2-year jail term for his offence, but the sentence was suspended for 30 days for him to file an appeal against the order. If the conviction is not overturned, he will be disqualified from contesting elections for the next eight years.

 

  

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  • Lokesh shetty, Udupi

    Tue, Apr 04 2023

    So what? He got bail in National herald scam also....

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  • Karen Dsouza, Udupi/Mumbai

    Tue, Apr 04 2023

    Modi has made a tremendous mistake with this 'payback'. Many indians identify with the demonetization, the COVID, the farmers strike, the privatization, as being abuse of power against the public, by the incumbent government. Add to that the 40% corruption charge of the BJP and RaGa is actually symbolic of all that is wrong with this administration.

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  • David Pais, Mangalore

    Mon, Apr 03 2023

    really rahul is a freedom fighter. da court hearing date is very soon..

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  • Asif, Dubai

    Mon, Apr 03 2023

    Finally our pappu got bail

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  • ca girishkk, valencia/m'lore

    Mon, Apr 03 2023

    Let us celebrate....... this is a freedom fight-2 for Indians.

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