Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 415 · Decided 14 May 2015
Rajdeep Sardesai v. State of Andhra Pradesh & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 415 · [2015] 7 S.C.R. 10
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 857/2012
- Decided
- 14 May 2015
- Bench
- V. GOPALA GOWDA, C. NAGAPPAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 199
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: C s.199(4)(b) - Prosecution for defamation - Previous sanction - Second respondent, the Additional Commissioner of Police aggrieved with the news item allegedly making false implication against him with regard to Sohrabuddin encounter case published by appellants D and/or telecasted on their channel - Second respondent sought previous sanction u/s.199(4)(b) for prosecution of appellants which was accorded and complaints were filed against appellants through State Public Prosecutor - Magistrate took cognizance of offence and passed E summoning orders
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