India, Oct. 26 -- A session court in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh has dismissed the defamation case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah, acquitting him in the matter and bringing the legal proceedings to an end.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrived in Uttar Pradesh on Monday to appear before a special MP-MLA court in Sultanpur, which is set to pronounce its verdict in a defamation case against him, PTI reported.

Gandhi landed at Lucknow's Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, where hundreds of Congress workers and local party leaders gathered to welcome the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Raebareli MP, before he left for Sultanpur. He did not speak to reporters.

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