Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 1168 · Decided 4 December 2017
Mohammed Abdulla Khan v. Prakash K.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 1168 · [2017] 12 S.C.R. 9
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2059/2017
- Decided
- 4 December 2017
- Bench
- JASTI CHELAMESWAR, S. ABDUL NAZEER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 499, 500, 502; CrPC Section 482
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.482 - Petition for quashing of defamation proceedings - Respondent is the owner of the newspaper which allegedly published defamatory material against the appellant - Proceeding initiated against him under s.500-502 /PC - High Court quashed the proceedings - On person selling or offering to sell defamatory material is liable for the offences under ss.501 or 502 JPC, (as the case may be) if the other elements indicated in those sections are satisfied - Whether there is sufficient evidence to establish the guilt of the respondent for any one of these
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