Rahul Gandhi Found Guilty: Sentenced To 2 Years In Jail In Modi Surname Defamation Case
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today was held guilty by a court in the Surat District court in a 2019 criminal defamation case filed against him over his alleged ‘Modi surname’ remarks. He has been sentenced to 2 years in jail by the court.
Gandhi has been convicted under IPC Section 504.
Therefore, the Court pronounced the verdict in the case 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.
Rahul Gandhi had made the alleged remarks about Modi’s surname at a rally in Karnataka’s Kolar, ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Previously, the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate HH Varma concluded hearing final arguments from both sides and set March 23 to pronounce its judgment in the four-year-old defamation case.
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