Cr.P.C. and registers
P.C.R.No.17136 of 2022 for offences punishable under Sections 499
and 500 of the IPC ... imputations are made. It can be said that an offence under
Section 499 I.P.C. has been committed when any one of the
acts
ARORA
Signing Date:04.11.2025
17:52:25
Section 499 / 500 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860(hereinafter referred to as
" IPC ... accused Mr. Arnab Goswami for offences
punishable under S. 500 of Indian Penal Code.
As regards accused Bennet Coleman & Co. Ltd.; Mr.
Samir Jain
observed as under;
8. Offence of defamation is defined in section 499 I.P.C. It is
apparent from the very definition that intention ... apparent from the very definition of
the offence as given in section 499 I.P.C. that intention to cause
harm is the most essential
report the statements which is
protected under Exception 1 to Section 499 IPC, and the news item therefore
does not constitute defamation ... order to come within the First Exception to Section
499 of the Indian Penal Code it has to be established that what
has been imputed
minutes of meeting
do not constitute defamation as contemplated under Section 499 IPC.
Therefore, continuance of criminal proceeding bearing ... CrWP522-09 corrected.odt
to fulfill the necessary ingredients of Section 499 IPC to constitute an
offence punishable under section 500 , 501 read
very much specific in
this regard u/s 499 IPC, which reads as under :-
" S.499 Defamation- "Whoever, by words either ... constitutes the offence of "defamation" as provided under
Section 499 IPC. To constitute the offence, there has to be imputation
with the commission of the offence of
defamation. Section 499 of the Indian Penal Code defines the said offence.
It provides that whoever makes ... offence of defamation. The ten
exceptions appended to Section 499 IPC provide that where a case falls
within any of those exceptions
that the criminal
offence of defamation under Section 499 IPC is committed when a person
makes a defamatory imputation which would consist ... hereby convicted of the offence under
Section 499 r/w 500 of the Indian Penal Code , 1872.
Let the convict be heard separately on quantum
499 and
1
Hereinafter referred to as “the High Court”
2
Hereinafter referred to as “the trial Court”
3
500 of the Indian Penal Code ... accountable for the same unless proven otherwise.
(b) Indian Penal Code , 1860
Section 499
Defamation. Whoever, by words either spoken or intended to be read
material indicative of such intent, the invocation of Section 499
of 'the I.P.C .,' is legally untenable. The complaints are conspicuously silent ... cases squarely attracts multiple exceptions enumerated under
Section 499 of 'the I.P.C .,' more particularly the First, Second, Third, and Tenth
Exceptions
