印度反对党领袖拉胡尔·甘地在一桩指控他涉嫌诽谤内政部长阿米特·沙阿的刑事诽谤案中被判无罪，结束了一场长达八年的法律战。
India’s opposition leader Rahul Gandhi was acquitted in a criminal defamation case over remarks he allegedly made against Home Minister Amit Shah, ending an eight year legal battle.
北方邦苏尔坦普尔的一家初审法院于周一作出了这一裁决。该案涉及甘地在2018年卡纳塔克邦议会选举竞选期间涉嫌发表的言论。
A trial court in Uttar Pradesh’s Sultanpur delivered the verdict on Monday. The case relates to remarks Gandhi allegedly made during the 2018 Karnataka Assembly election campaign.
印度国民大会党的甘地曾于2024年2月出庭应讯——该特别法院专门负责审理针对议员的案件——并获得了保释。本月早些时候，在该案辩论结束后，法院宣布保留裁决。
Indian National Congress’ Gandhi had appeared before the special court designated to hear cases against lawmakers in February 2024 and secured bail. The court reserved its verdict earlier this month after arguments in the case concluded.
该案是甘地因针对总理纳伦德拉·莫迪及印度人民党领导人言论而面临的数起诽谤诉讼之一。
The case is one of the several defamation proceedings Gandhi has faced over remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s and leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
甘地在2019年卡纳塔克邦的一次竞选集会上，曾发表将莫迪总理与逃犯尼拉夫·莫迪和拉利特·莫迪联系起来的言论，因此于2023年被古吉拉特邦的一家法院定罪并判处两年监禁。这项定罪导致他失去了议员资格，但最高法院随后暂缓了该定罪，允许他重返议会。
Gandhi was convicted in 2023 by a Gujarat court and sentenced to two years in prison for remarks linking Prime Minister Modi to fugitives Nirav Modi and Lalit Modi during a 2019 election rally in Karnataka. The conviction led to his disqualification as a lawmaker, but the Supreme Court stayed it, allowing him to return to Parliament.
他在2024年的选举宣誓书中申报了其他许多刑事诽谤案，涉及印度全国各地的法院诉讼。
He has declared numerous other criminal defamation cases in his 2024 election affidavit, involving proceedings in courts across India.
该起诉状于2018年8月由当地印度人民党领导人维杰·米什拉提交，他指控甘地诽谤了时任该党全国主席的沙阿，称甘地涉嫌将沙阿指称为一桩谋杀案的被告。沙阿已于2014年从该案中被解除指控。
The complaint was filed in August 2018 by Vijay Mishra, a local BJP leader who alleged Gandhi had defamed Shah, then the party’s national president, by allegedly referring to him as an accused in a murder case. Shah had been discharged from the case in 2014.