ORDER :

1. This petition is filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. praying this Court to quash the proceedings initiated against the petitioner in P.C.R.No.4/2020 for the offences punishable under Sections 388, 499, 500, 501 and 506 of IPC.

2. The factual matrix of the case is that the respondent herein had filed a private complaint, which is numbered as P.C.R.No.4/2020 before the Additional Civil Judge and JMFC, Srinivasapura under Section 200 of Cr.P.C. making the allegation against the petitioner that on 20.12.2019 he had addressed the media at Vidhana Soudha by leveling score of false and baseless allegations against the respondent particularly done in the backdrop of momentum where the respondent was being considered to the seat of opposition leader. The petitioner in his speech made the allegation that the respondent has committed encroachment of forest land and Government land when he was the Health Minister and caused loss of Rs.533.22 Crores which reveals from the CAG report. The said statement appeared in certain sections of media and in newspaper such as Kannada Prabaha and Vijay Karnataka. In view of the publication in the media and the statements made by the petitioner, have