Supreme Court of India

Shatrughna Prasad Sinha v. Rajbhau Surajmal Rathi and Ors.

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Bench K. Ramaswamy, Faizan Uddin and G.B. Pattanaik JJ.
Decided 10 September 1996

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We hold that the complaint filed in the Court of the Judicial Magistrate, First Class in Court No. 4 at Pune does not contain any of the allegations so as to constitute the offence of defamation defined in Section 499 and punishable under Section.

Judgment, page 4

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