Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday moved the Gujarat High Court after a court in Surat rejected his petition challenging his conviction in the defamation case of 2019.
Earlier on April 20, Additional Sessions Judge Robin Mogera in Surat had rejected Gandhi’s petition seeking stay on his conviction.
Gandhi was convicted on March 23 by a Magistrate court in Surat for his remark ‘all thieves have Modi surname’.
On March 23, Chief Judicial Magistrate H.H. Varma had sentenced the Congress leader to two years in jail after finding him guilty under Sections 499 (Defamation) and 500 (punishment for defamation) IPC.
Gandhi’s conviction under Sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), both of which warrant a maximum sentence of two years, led to his disqualification from the Parliament, as per a Supreme Court order of 2013.