Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 241 · Decided 17 February 2025
Jaideep Bose v. M/S Bid and Hammer Auctioneers Private Limited
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 241 · [2025] 3 S.C.R. 234
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 814/2025
- Decided
- 17 February 2025
- Bench
- J.B. PARDIWALA, R MAHADEVAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 499, 500; CrPC Section 202, 200, 202(1); Constitution Article 19(1)(a)
Headnote
Whether the High Court was justified in dismissing the petition filed by the appellants challenging the initiation of the criminal proceedings against them for the offences u/ss.499 and 500 IPC. Penal Code, 1860 - ss.499, 500 - Code of s.202 - Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 - Private complaint - Criminal Defamation - Postponement of issue of process - Inquiry by magistrate before issuing process - Liability of legal entities other than editor - Complainant-respondent filed a
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