[Guwahati,Assam]Rahul Gandhi Granted Relief On Personal Bond: RSS Defamation Case
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi was today granted relief by a local court in a criminal defamation case filed against him by a RSS functionary.
Gandhi appeared as accused before the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate Kamrup and was granted Personal Recognisance (PR) bond as he appeared personally and in deference to his status as a Member of Parliament, his lawyer Anshuman Bora told reporters outside the high security Court.
“We had made a bail application for him but as Rahul Gandhi appeared in person the court allowed him to go on PR bond. The next date of hearing has been fixed for November 5″, Bora said.
Complainant ‘Bibhag Chanchalak’ of RSS, Anjan Bora’s, counsel Bijon Mahajan did not oppose the bail application as per the complainant’s advice”.
Gandhi has to be present personally again on November 5 when the court will explain to him his offence.
The complainant had filed a criminal defamation case against Gandhi that he had brought down the image of the RSS by saying he was not allowed by RSS members to enter Barpeta Satra, a 16th century Vaishnavite monastery, in Assam on December 12, 2015.