Savarkar remarks row: Pune court grants bail to Rahul Gandhi in criminal defamation case – India Legal

A particular courtroom in Pune has granted bail to Congress chief and MP Rahul Gandhi in a legal defamation case filed in opposition to him for making derogatory remarks in opposition to freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.

The MP/MLA courtroom presided by Choose Amol Shinde on Friday granted bail to Gandhi on a surety bond of Rs 25,000.

The Congress chief attended the proceedings on-line by way of video-conferencing.

Satyaki Savarkar, grand-nephew of the liberty fighter, had filed a legal defamation case in opposition to Gandhi over his remarks in opposition to Savarkar.

Throughout a speech in London in March 2023, Gandhi allegedly referred to Savarkar’s memoirs about an incident, whereby he and others had assaulted a Muslim man. The liberty fighter reportedly referred to as the state of affairs “pleasurable.”

Satyaki refuted Gandhi’s declare in his criticism, stating that no such incident was talked about in Savarkar’s writings. He sought most penalty for Gandhi beneath Part 500 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for legal defamation, together with the best compensation beneath Part 357 of the Felony Process Code (CrPC).

The Counsel showing for Gandhi, Advocate Milind Pawar, saud that senior Congress chief Mohan Joshi stood as surety for Gandhi.

The Pune courtroom additional granted everlasting exemption to Gandhi from showing in future hearings, he added.