(1.) THE instant petition is for quashing the criminal proceeding in Criminal case No. 188/04 pending in the Court of JMFC, Kolaras which has been registered against the petitioner for the offence punishable under Sections 220 and 500 of IPC.
(2.) DURING the course of arguments, both the parties have admitted the following facts:-
(3.) THE relevant part of the definition of defamation given in Section 499 of IPC goes as under:-