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statement, the defendant has specifically pleaded as under:- Nevertheless, by way of abandon caution, it is hereby denied that the said statement is defamatory ... General vindicating against the charge made by the plaintiff. Letter contained defamatory statements about the plaintiff. The letter was sent to the press for publication

against the plaintiff and his arrest. They did not contain any defamatory statements about the plaintiff made by the defendant. As pleaded by the plaintiff ... nature of offence alleged against the plaintiff. 24. A statement published, unless it is defamatory per-se, is actionable on proof of that