Overview
- The Sultanpur MP/MLA court, which ruled Saturday, dismissed a request for Rahul Gandhi’s forensic voice sample and set the next hearing for May 11.
- BJP leader Vijay Mishra sought the sample through counsel Santosh Kumar Pandey to match Gandhi’s voice with an audio clip submitted as evidence.
- Judicial magistrate Shubham Verma said a sample was unnecessary because Gandhi had not disputed that the voice on a CD before the court was his.
- Pandey said they will file a revision petition in the sessions court to contest the order.
- The case dates to 2018 over alleged remarks about Amit Shah and has included a warrant in December 2023, Gandhi’s surrender and bail in February 2024, and several adjournments.