A sessions court in Gujarat’s Surat city on Thursday began hearing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s plea to stay his sentence in a defamation case over his “Modi surname” remark, in which he has been sentenced to two years in prison.
“At 11:51 am my client is convicted and within half an hour he is given the harshest and maximum punishment. I wish to express my astonishment that the trial court ‘warned you the Supreme Court. You are very slow, you did not understand anything. Bar and Bench.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA and complainant Purnesh Modi, in his reply filed earlier in the same court, opposed the plea to stay Gandhi’s conviction, saying the Congress leader was a “repeat offender” who was accused of making defamatory statements. It’s a habit. Rahul Gandhi An appeal has been filed against the decision before Judge Mogera. He has also prayed to stay the conviction during this period. In his appeal, Gandhi has called his sentence “flawed” and markedly perverse.
Purnesh Modi – whose complaint to Gandhi about ‘why all thieves have Modi surname’ led to the latter’s conviction – filed his affidavit on Tuesday. He also accused Gandhi of “making it up”.inappropriate and derogatory remarksagainst the court through its allies, partners and Congress leaders. “The accused are in the habit of making such defamatory and irresponsible statements in the name of freedom of expression and political criticism which may either defame others or hurt the sentiments of others.” and discontent,” Purnesh Modi said in his affidavit.
Modi, a former minister in the previous Gujarat government, said the accused is a “repeat offender” (sic) and is facing charges elsewhere for his defamatory statements, and was warned by the Supreme Court after he apologized in a case Was. In his affidavit, Modi cited 11 cases of criminal defamation and 11 cases of ‘promoting enmity between different groups’ (seven of which are currently pending before various courts) that Gandhi is facing or may face. Have done A metropolitan magistrate’s court in Surat convicted Rahul Gandhi on March 23 and sentenced him to two years in prison for his remark “how can all thieves be surnamed Modi” made during an election rally on April 13, 2019. Sentenced.
* with agency inputs
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