Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1264 · Decided 7 November 2008
M.A. Rumugam v. Kittu @ Kirshnamoorthy
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1264 · [2008] 15 S.C.R. 642
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1749/2008
- Decided
- 7 November 2008
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, CYRIAC JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 499, 500; CrPC Section 167(5), 482
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s-. 482 - Complaint ;.. .:_ alleging defamation - Quashing of sought - Held: Allegation c made in the complaint petition make out a case for proceeding against the accused uls. 500 /PC - Accused is required to prove that the act was done in good faith in order to Exception to s. 499 /PC - In the facts of the case, it was premature for High D Court to arrive at a conclusion as to whether the act was in good faith - Penal Code, 1860 - s. 499 and 500. Appellant was the owner of a piece of land whereon. he had planted 180 coconut trees. One day, he found 9
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)