Case Details

Citation(s)
2010 SLG 923 2010 SLD 923 2010 PLJ 564
Lahore High Court
Crl. Rev. No. 30 of 2010, decision Dated: 25.03.2010. Date of hearing: 19.03.2010.
SAGHEER AHMAD QADRI, JUSITCE
Mr. Muhammad Arshad Tabrez, Advocate for Petitioner. Mr. Amjad Afsar Ghakhar, Advocate for
Respondent No. 1.

MALIK MUHAMMAD SHOAIB BHUTTA, EDITOR DAILY TULOU, ISLAMABAD

VS

ABDUL AZIZ MOHMAND AND ANOTHER

Law:

Section:

Criminal Procedure Code, 1898 (V of 1898)-- ----S. 4(h)--Word and Phrases--"Complaint"--In normal course a complaint may be filed by any person bringing into the notice of a concerned magistrate or a Court for initiation of an action against some person who allegedly committed an offence. Criminal Procedure Code, 1898 (V of 1898)-- ----S. 11--"Person"--Word and phrases--Person means not only an individual but it includes a company, an association or body of persons whether incorporated or otherwise. Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 (XLV of 1860) ----S. 499--"Defamation"--Word and phrases--While committing the offence of defamation an accused actually causes an injury to the reputation of a person as he intends to lower down the status of a person in the estimation of his fellow being or within the circle in which said person moves or enjoys a good reputation--In a way damage is caused to the property of a person. AIR (99) 1952 Allahabad 114, ref. Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 (XLV of 1860)-- ----S. 44--"Injury"--Word and phrases--The word "injury" denotes any harm whatever illegally caused to person, in body, mind, reputation or property. Criminal Procedure Code, 1898 (V of 1898)-- ----Ss. 435/439 r/w 561-A--265-K--198--Criminal Revision--Quashment of proceedings--Publishing highly defamatory, scandalous, derogatory, false, baseless, untrue and concocted news items/ material with mala fide intention to harm, defame, demoralize and lower down the credibility of other party--U/S. 198 Cr.P.C. in such like cases for the present controversy in prosecution of an offence of defamation the complaint must have been filed by an aggrieved person before a magistrate or a Court of competent jurisdiction--A person includes not only an individual but a body or association, a company and an offence of defamation can also be committed against such person/jurisdic person or body of a person collectively--In this case if contents of the complaint and the cursory statement recorded by trial Court were seen it has specifically in so many words was agitated by respondent/complainant that due to imputation/ defamatory material published by petitioner/accused not only Jang Group ofโ€ฆ
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