Rahul Gandhi sentenced to 2 years imprisonment in ‘Modi surname’ defamation case, gets bail
Surat/Hyderabad, March 23 (Maxim News): Surat Court in Gujarat sentenced senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to two years in jail in a 2019 criminal defamation case filed against him over his “Modi surname” remarks.
The Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate HH Varma, which held Gandhi guilty under Indian Penal Code sections 499 and 500, also granted him bail and suspended the sentence for 30 days to allow him to appeal in a higher court, the Congress leader’s lawyer Babu Mungukiya said.
Rahul Gandhi was present in the court when the verdict was pronounced. The case was filed against Rahul Gandhi for his alleged “how come all the thieves have Modi as the common surname?” remarks on a complaint lodged by BJP MLA and former Gujarat Minister Purnesh Modi.
The Lok Sabha MP from Wayanad made the remarks while addressing a rally at Kolar in Karnataka ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. (Maxim News)
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