Congress leaders welcome Rahul Gandhi upon his arrival in Surat to problem his conviction in the 2019 legal defamation case over his comment “why all thieves share the Modi surname”. Photo: Twitter/@INCIndia
The Surat Sessions Court granted bail to former Congress President Rahul Gandhi in the legal defamation case over his comment “why all thieves share the Modi surname” in which he was convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment by the magisterial court.
The court additionally suspended the sentence awarded to the Congress chief until the disposal of his attraction and posted the matter for hearing on April 13. Mr. Gandhi was awarded two years imprisonment in the legal defamation case.
Earlier, after arriving from Delhi, Mr. Gandhi moved an attraction in the Surat Sessions Court difficult his conviction.
The attraction has been accompanied by two purposes, the primary software is for Suspension of Sentence, which is basically an software for normal bail, and the second software is for Suspension of Conviction.
He was convicted primarily based on a legal defamation case filed by BJP legislator Purnesh Modi, who had approached the court contending that Mr. Gandhi’s assertion had defamed the Modi group.
His sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and several other senior leaders, together with AICC General Secretary in cost of organisation Ok.C. Venugopal, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Digvijaya Singh and Anand Sharma additionally accompanied Mr. Gandhi to the sessions court in Surat.
Mr. Gehlot obtained Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka at Surat Airport.
Mr. Gandhi was convicted and sentenced on March 23 in the 2019 defamation case. Subsequently, he was disqualified as a member of Lok Sabha the next day.
