Not only has the Surat Sessions Court judge repeated the factual inaccuracy in describing Rahul Gandhi’s alleged offence but also relied on erroneous legal precedents and ignored the Supreme Court guidelines, refusing to suspend the Congress leader's conviction.
Earlier, the sessions court had granted bail to Gandhi and suspended his two-year jail sentence, pronounced by a metropolitan magistrate court on March 23, till the disposal of his appeal seeking a stay on his conviction.
The Surat Sessions Court on Thursday dismissed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's plea seeking to stay his conviction and two years sentence by a Magistrate court in the criminal defamation case filed against him.