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Rahul Gandhi Sentenced To Two Years In Jail By Surat Court In 2019 'Modi Surname' Criminal Defamation Case
Swarajya Staff
Mar 23, 2023, 11:33 AM | Updated 11:42 AM IST
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A district court in Surat on Thursday (23 March) held Congress leader Rahul Gandhi guilty in a 2019 criminal defamation case filed against him over his "Modi surname" remark.
He has been sentenced to two years in jail in the case but was later granted bail by the court.
Gujarat | Surat District Court sentenced Congress MP Rahul Gandhi to two years of imprisonment in the criminal defamation case filed against him over his alleged 'Modi surname' remark.
— ANI (@ANI) March 23, 2023
He was later granted bail by the court. https://t.co/qmGNBIMTaF
The case was filed against 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 alleged remarks while addressing a rally at Kolar in Karnataka ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
The court of Chief Judicial Magistrate HH Varma had last week concluded hearing final arguments from both sides and set 23 March to pronounce its judgment in the four-year-old defamation case.
Gandhi had last appeared before the Surat court in the case, filed under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 499 and 500 (dealing with defamation), in October 2021 to record his statement.
(With inputs from PTI)
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