Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court on Tuesday denied interim protection to Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi, who has sought to suspend his conviction and jail term in the ‘All thieves have Modi surname’ remark case.
Justice Hemant Prachchhak of the High Court declined to grant any interim protection to Rahul on his plea seeking stay on conviction. The Court reserved its verdict on his plea seeking stay. The Court verdict likely to come after the vacation and it is expected to be in June.
Earlier on April 26, when Gandhi’s lawyer P S Champaneri mentioned the case before Justice Gita Gopi, she recused herself from the hearing by saying “Not before me.”
Earlier on April 26, when Gandhi’s lawyer P S Champaneri mentioned the case before Justice Gita Gopi, she recused herself from the hearing by saying “Not before me.”
A Surat court had on March 23 sentenced Gandhi, who represented Wayanad parliamentary constituency in Kerala, to two years in jail after convicting him under sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code for criminal defamation in the case filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Purnesh Modi.
MLA Modi filed a criminal defamation case against Gandhi over his “how come all thieves have Modi as the common surname?” remark made during an election rally at Kolar in Karnataka on April 13, 2019.
