Agra, May 14 -- An MP-MLA court in Hathras district on Wednesday dismissed criminal defamation pleas filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for allegedly calling three acquitted men "accused" in connection with the Hathras rape and murder case of 2020. Additional civil judge (senior division)/additional chief judicial magistrate, Hathras, Deepak Nath Saraswati rejected the pleas under section 226 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). Section 226 of the BNSS empowers a magistrate to dismiss a complaint if, after examining the complainant and witnesses and considering any inquiry or investigation (under section 225), he comes to the conclusion that there is no sufficient ground to proceed. htc...