This revision by the Secretary of All India Postal Employees Union, Class III, Kurnool Division is directed against the judgement of the Sessions Judge Kurnool in Criminal Appeal No. 13 of 1966 confirming the conviction of the petitioner for the offence of defamation.

2. The brief and material facts that led to this revision are as follows :- The petitioner in his capacity, as the Secretary of All India Postal Employees Union, Class III, Kurnool Division submitted a memorandum to the Director General of Pests and Telegraphs against the Superintendent of Post Offices, Kurnool for his alleged acts of omissions and commissions. Under the head "Favouritism", it was mentioned about the appointment of the complainant in the following terms :

"The post of Wireless Inspector, Kurnool has been given temporarily to an official who has Court attachment to his salary, who is heavily indebted, who is declared unfit to work in cash counters and who is used to intemperate habits ...."

On the complaint preferred by the 1st respondent herein, the petitioner was charged for the offence of defamation. The prosecution examined P.Ws. 2 to 4, postal employees in addition to the complainant P.W. 1 a