RAHUL GANDHI CAN NOT BE PUNISHED TWICE FOR THE SAME OFFENCE,AS PER THE SUBMISSION MADE BY RAHUL GANDHI'S COUNSEL ,AS A SURAT COURT HAS ALREADY CONVICTED HIM TO TWO YEARS JAIL .

The Advocate of Shri Rahul Gandhi former President of Indian Congress while pleading for the case of the Former Congress President said that Rahul Gandhi cannot be punished twice for the same offence.The Patna High court on Monday extended the stay on the decision of a special MP/MLA court for in -person presence of Congress member Rahul Gandhi in the Modi surname case till the next date of hearing on July 4,2023 . On April 25,the High court stayed the trial ,where in the special court had directed Rahul Gandhi to ensure his presence as defendant in the defamation case filed by the Bhartiya Janta party Rajya sabha member Shri Sushil Kumar Modi .Rahul Gandhi's Counsel stated that a Surat court has already convicted him in a separate defamation suit filed over his Modi surname remarks ,and he cannot be punished twice for the same offence.The Counsel of Shri Rahul Gandhi further submitted that now the circumstances have changed after the Surat court has convicted Shri Gandhi and sentenced him to two years jail in another defamation suit filed over his Modi surname held in election speech in 2019 .Hence Shri Rahul Gandhi can not be punished again and again for the same offence .