P. LAKSHMANA REDDY, J.

( 1 ) AS both the appeals and the four criminal revision cases arose out of a single case of defamation tried as C. C. No. 645 of 1996 on the file of XV Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad, I consider it convenient to dispose of all these matters by this common judgment.

( 2 ) THE facts leading to these cases before this Court, in brief, are as follows:-One Margadarshi Marketing Private Limited represented by its director M. Balakotaiah, filed a private complaint under Section 200 of the Code of Criminal Procedure against four persons i. e. , 1. A. B. K. Prasad, Editor-in-Chief, Vaartha, 2. Girish Sanghi, Printer and Publisher, Vaartha daily, 3. Y. Kasipathy, Reporter, Vaartha and 4. A. B. K. Publications Limited, a Public Limited Company, arraying them as A1 to A4. In the said complaint, it is alleged that margadarsi group is a part of reputed Eenadu-Margadarsi Group founded by Sri. Ramoji Rao, Chief Editor of the Telugu daily "eenadu" and English daily "newstime". It engaged in publishing, television broadcasting, chit funds and variety of other businesses. Eenadu-Margadarsi Group which has acquired an enviable reputation for honesty, integrity, reliabilit

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