Rahul Gandhi case: Surat court to give order on April 20
After hearing arguments from both sides, additional sessions judge R P Mogera said he will pronounce the order on April 20
By Newsmeter Network Published on 13 April 2023 1:21 PM GMT
Surat: A sessions court on Thursday said it would pronounce on April 20 its order on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's plea for a stay to his conviction in a criminal defamation case over his "Modi surname" remark.
After hearing arguments from both sides, additional sessions judge R P Mogera said he will pronounce the order on April 20.
A metropolitan magistrate's court in Surat had on March 23 sentenced the Congress leader to two years in jail after holding him guilty for his remark "How come all thieves have Modi as the common surname" made during an election rally in 2019.
Gandhi, who was disqualified as a Member of Parliament after the conviction, filed an appeal before the sessions court against the verdict. He also prayed for a stay to the conviction in the meantime.
On April 3, the Sessions Court granted bail to Rahul Gandhi after he filed an appeal against his conviction in a criminal defamation case. The court of Additional Sessions Judge R P Mogera said it will hear his plea for suspension of conviction on April 13 after issuing a notice to complainant Purnesh Modi, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA and former Gujarat cabinet minister.
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