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UP Court Acquits Rahul Gandhi in Defamation Case Against Shah

Neha GuptaSource: scroll.in
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UP Court Acquits Rahul Gandhi in Defamation Case Against Shah
UP Court Acquits Rahul Gandhi in Defamation Case Against ShahSource: scroll.in
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A court in Uttar Pradesh’s Sultanpur acquitted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday in a 2018 criminal defamation case. BJP leader Vijay Mishra filed the complaint over Gandhi calling Union Home Minister Amit Shah a murder accused during a Bengaluru press conference.

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Shubham Verma ruled that the remarks were not defamatory in nature. Gandhi was present in court when the verdict was pronounced.

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