Rahul Gandhi, the Congress Vice President was granted relief by a local court in a criminal defamation case filed against him by a RSS functionary.

His lawyer Anshuman Bora said outside the high security Court, that, 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.

“We had filed 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.

The complainant was Bibhag Chanchalak of RSS, Anjan Bora’s, counsel Bijon Mahajan said. “We did not oppose the bail application as per the complainant’s advice”.

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.

Nandini