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"DAINIK TRIBUNE CHANDIGARH EDITION DATED 19.06.2008 Demanded action against the C.I.D. Chief Chandigarh, 18 June: A storm has occurred in Haryana Politics after coming out of the report in C.B.I. Enquiry that after being arrested one Sandeep Sharma, a fictitious medical Officer, who revealed that he has paid bribe to the Additional Police Director or Haryana (CID) namely Parmveer Singh Rathi for deputing police officials for his security. And moreover, Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) (HAJKA) and I.N.L.O., both opposite parties demanded the dismissal of Paramveer Singh Rathi from the substantial post of CID Chief with immediate effect and also asked the Chief Minister Bhupendra Singh Huda to take moral responsibility of the same and demanded resignation. The HAJKA Supremo Kuldeep Bishnoi told in an interview that it is cast upon the CID Chief to take care 3 of 19 Neutral Citation No:=2024:PHHC:000318 of the responsibility to have an eye on the law and order system for the security of the State and even after holding such a dignitary position, such officer comes in the trap of corruption, then he no more reserves his right to sustain on the post. He did not even ask for the dismissal of Paramveer Singh Rathi but he asked for his arrest on the charges of corruption.

9. In Shatrughna Prasad Sinha v. Rajbhau Surajmal Rathi, (1996) 6 SCC 263, Supreme Court holds, [13]. ...It is the settled legal position that a Court has to read the complaint as a whole and find out whether allegations disclosed constitute an offence under Section 499 triable by the Magistrate.

10. The relevant portion of the complaint reads as follows:

... [5]. That on 17.06.2008 the complainant was shocked and deeply hurt to see a news item appearing in the "Indian Express" an English National Daily with a title "Accused says he bribed ADGP, sought police protection" along with a photograph of the complainant. In the said news item it was reported that one Dr. Sandeep Sharma, an accused in a criminal case, has confessed before the Central Bureau of Investigation that the complainant had recommended police protection to the said accused after taking bribe. A copy of the said news item which appeared in the "Indian Express" English National daily newspaper dated 17.06.2008 is being annexed herewith as Annexure P-1.

[14]. That the offences of the respondent-accused persons is further aggravated by the fact that the Central Bureau of Investigation in its statement, which was published in "The Times of India' English National Daily newspaper on 18.06.2008 had clarifies that Sandeep Sharma accused in the Subham Hospital case had not given any statement to the investigating agency claiming that he had bribed the complainant for getting security and that C.B.I. was yet to take Sandeep Sharma into custody. Despite the publication of the said stand of Central Bureau of Investigation the respondent-accused persons continued making defamatory statements and published in newspapers stating that Dr. Sandeep Sharma has made statement before the C.B.I. of having bribed the complainant for seeking police protection upto 24.06.2008. The said conduct of the respondent-accused persons goes a long way to show that the respondent-accused persons made their statements and publications with an ulterior motive to defame the complainant.

"On 17.06.08, I got mental shock and deep grief after reading an article alongwith my photo, published in an English Daily National Newspaper namely Indian Express. The heading of that news was Accused Says He bribed, ADGP, shought Police Problem. It was published in this article that Accused Dr.Sandeep Sharma has admitted the statement of accused C.B.I. that I (Complainant). have taken bribe from him to provide him police protection. The copy of the newspaper is Ex. C-1 and related newspaper is exhibited at Page-1 of Chandigarh News Line as Ex.C-1/A...."