Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was granted bail by the Sultanpur court in a 2018 defamation case filed by BJP leader Vijay Mishra for the former’s remarks against home minister Amit Shah. The court took him into custody for 30-45 minutes, said his lawyer.
Speaking regarding Rahul’s bail, advocate Santosh Pandey said, “He (Rahul Gandhi) surrendered in the court today. After his surrender, the court took him into custody for 30-45 minutes. Thereafter, his bail application was submitted and was accepted (by the court)..A further date has not been given yet. His lawyer said that he is innocent and that he has not made any defamatory statement…”.
He further added that Rahul Gandhi could be given a maximum punishment of 2 years if sufficient evidence was found against him. Gandhi was granted bail by Judge Yogesh Yadav after filling bail bonds.
Defamation Case Filed For Allegedly Objectionable Comments Against Amit Shah, Then BJP President
The defamation case was filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for allegedly making objectionable comments against Amit Shah at a press conference in Bengaluru on May 8, 2018. Amit Shah was the BJP president when Gandhi made the remark.
Rahul Gandhi attacked the BJP and said that the party claimed to believe in honest and clean politics but the party president was an “accused” in a murder case.
Case Was Filed By Vijay Mishra As He Was Pained At Rahul Gandhi’s Comment
Reacting to the development, Vijay Mishra told ANI,”I was the vice president of BJP when this incident happened. Rahul Gandhi had accused Amit Shah in Bengaluru that he is a murderer. When I heard these allegations, I felt very pained as a 33-year-old worker of the party. I filed a complaint regarding this through my lawyer and this continued for almost 5 years…The BJP is the biggest party of the country. Calling its (then) president a murderer is unjustifiable,” he added.
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