Surat: A Surat courtroom will pronounce its verdict right now on Congress chief Rahul Gandhi`s plea, searching for a keep on his conviction within the prison defamation case over his `Modi surname` comment. On April 3, the Surat Sessions Court granted bail to the Congress chief, who had filed an attraction following his conviction within the case. While granting bail to the previous MP, the courtroom additionally issued notices to complainant Purnesh Modi and the state authorities on the Congress chief`s plea for a keep on his conviction.
It heard each events after which reserved the order for April 20. Rahul Gandhi was a Lok Sabha MP from Wayanad however was disqualified after a decrease courtroom in Surat sentenced him to 2 years in jail on March 23 underneath sections 499 and 500 (defamation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in a case filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Purnesh Modi.
The case pertained to a comment Rahul Gandhi made utilizing the surname `Modi` whereas addressing a marketing campaign occasion forward of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. At a rally in Karnataka`s Kolar in April 2019, Rahul, in a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, mentioned, “How come all the thieves have Modi as the common surname?”.
Following his conviction, Rahul was disqualified as an MP on March 24, as per a Supreme Court ruling in 2013. Under the ruling, any MP or MLA is mechanically disqualified if convicted and sentenced to 2 years or extra.
