KAMLESH KAUR Vs. LAKHWINDER SINGH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioner seeks quashing of criminal complaint dated 27th of July, 2007 titled as Lakhwinder Singh v. Kamlesh Kaur, attached as Annexure P-6 and also the order dated 23rd of February, 2008 attached as Annexure P-7 passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class Jalandhar, summoning the petitioner to face the trial. The complaint tiled against the petitioner reads as under :-

(2.) A reading of the complaint shows that the complaint seeks prosecution of the petitioner under Section 500 read with Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code on the plea that a false case was registered by the petitioner which resulted in his defamation.

(3.) THUS allegations made to the Police alleging the commission of offence would be covered in 8th Exception to Section 499 IPC and would not constitute defamation, even if the allegations levelled are taken on their face value.