Supreme Court · 1962 INSC 281 · Decided 28 September 1962
Kanwal Lal v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1962 INSC 281 · [1963] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 479
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 106/1961
- Decided
- 28 September 1962
- Bench
- SYED JAFFER IMAM, N. RAJAGOPALA AYYANGAR, J.R. MUDHOLKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 500, 499
Headnote
SUPREME COURT REPORTS KANWAL LAL v. STATE OF PUNJAB (S.J. IMAM, N. RAJAGOPALA AYYANGAR and j. R. MunHOLKAR, jj.) 479 Dtfamation-Accwing a person to be a prostitute-Statt­ ment mo.de in complaint to Panchayat Officer-Whether protect­ ed--Panchayat Officer, if !tad authority to take appellant a public servant, addressed a communi­ cation to the Panchayat Officer alleging that the complainant was a prostitute and that she should be removed from the house in which she was living. He was pro:::ecuted and convicted of the offence of defamation under s. 500 Penal Code. The
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