ORDER :

Ashok G. Nijagannavar, J.

1. This revision petition has arisen out of the judgment dated 16.08.2018 passed in Crl.A. 189/2017 by the II Addl. Sessions Judge, Mysuru, directing the petitioner/accused to pay additional compensation of Rs. 1,00,000/- to the respondent/complainant within 30 days.

2. The facts in brief are that the petitioner is the accused before the trial Court and respondent before the first appellate Court. The complainant was working as a Range Forest Officer and he initiated criminal proceedings against the accused-revision petitioner by filing the private complaint alleging that the accused, being the Publisher and Editor of Kannada weekly magazine "Shivaram Parisara", had published a news in a weekly magazine dated 22.12.2006 that complainant being a Range Forest Officer at the relevant time had taken a lead for theft of sandalwood tree in the Range Forest Office at Bhadravathi, Shimoga District, but the higher officers did not take any legal action against him. Due to publication of false and incorrect information, the complainant suffered mental agony as his image was tarnished. With these averments, a private complaint has been filed before the JMFC Cour