Rahul Gandhi Guilty In Defamation Case. What Surat Court Said In Judgment

Rahul Gandhi was granted bail and the court suspended the sentence for 30 days to allow him to appeal in a higher court.

Rahul Gandhi, in a huge setback for his Congress party, was today sentenced to two years in jail in a 2019 criminal defamation case filed against him over his "why all thieves have Modi surname" remarks.

The 52-year-old leader was granted bail and the court suspended the sentence for 30 days to allow him to appeal in a higher court.

As per the Representation of the People Act, a person sentenced to imprisonment of two years or more shall be disqualified "from the date of such conviction" and remain disqualified for another six years after serving time.

Here's what the Surat court said while convicting the Congress leader: