Supreme Court of India
Rajdeep Sardesai v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the aforesaid reasons, we are of the opinion that the impugned judgment passed by the High Court of Andhra Pradesh in rejecting the petitions for quashing the H initiation of criminal proceedings against the appellants under RAJ DEEP SARDESAI v.
Judgment, page 25
From the headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: 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 in their respective publications 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
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