Rahul Gandh appeared earlier than the court docket via video conferencing. (File)
Pune:
A particular court docket in Pune on Friday granted bail to Congress chief Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case associated to his alleged objectionable remarks on Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar.
The MP/MLA court docket granted bail to the Chief of Opposition within the Lok Sabha on a surety bond of Rs 25,000 after he appeared earlier than it via video conferencing.
Senior Congress chief Mohan Joshi stood as surety earlier than the court docket.
Advocate Milind Pawar, representing Rahul Gandhi, mentioned the court docket additionally granted everlasting exemption to the Congress chief from showing earlier than it.
The matter will now be heard on February 18, Milind Pawar added.
The case was filed on a criticism of the grandnephew of Savarkar and stemmed from a speech Rahul Gandhi gave in London in March 2023, the place he made sure remarks on the liberty fighter citing a e-book written by him.
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