P. CHENNAKESAV REDDY, J.

( 1 ) WHO is the person that has the requisite right to initiate proceedings under Section 199 Cr P C for an offence of defamation, is the question that poses itself for decision in this petition filed under Section 482 Cr. P. C.

( 2 ) THE facts of the case unfold fascinating insights into the ways of the world and its inhabitants, probe India is a monthly magazine of investigative reporting published from Allahabad. The petitioner is the editor-in-Chief of the said magazine. In the issue of July 1980, an article was published under tha caption "where Daughters Are sold". This article was written by one V. Sekhar. Untold until now, the publication contained an article of horrifying surprise of hairraising mystery. The opening words of the article read. "muramanda Village in Andhra Pradesh has a unique notoriety. Daughters of the village, on attaining puberty, are sold as a matter of routine. hired out perhaps is a better expression as the girls come home to settle down at the end of the contract period. During the contract period the girls serve as sex-toys of the buyers, their rich clients, or in houses of ill repute. It is just a job nothing more. No s

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