HARI JAI SINGH Vs. JATINDER MOHAN BAJAJ

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HARI Jai Singh, Editor-in-Chief, the Tribune and Bipin Bhardwaj, Correspondent, the Tribune have filed the present petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to obtain quashment of the complaint dated 21.2.2000 (Annexure P3) and the summoning order dated 17.5.2000 (Annexure P5) passed by the learned Trial Magistrate.

(2.) THE facts, relevant for purposes of disposal of the present controversy before this Court, are as under :-

(3.) THE petitioners published the above facts in their newspaper issued dated 21.2.000. In the face thereof, respondent No. 1 addressed a letter (Annexure P9) to the Chief Editor of the Tribune, offering clarification of the facts indicated in the relevant newspaper reporting and also informing the addressee "to bring on record the correct facts as per the details given in the above matter." The Chief Editor did the needful by publishing Annexure P2, vide which the refutation of allegations by respondent No. 1 was published in newspaper.