Dharmadhikari, J.

1. RULE.

2. The Respondents waive service. By consent of parties, heard forthwith.

3. By this Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India r/w Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the Petitioner is seeking quashing of CR No.3212/2011 registered with the Cyber Crime Cell, Crime Branch, Pune alleging offences punishable under Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

4. The complaint alleges that one Prataprao Govindrao Pawar is Chairman of M/s Sakal Papers Private Limited. This Company is incorporated and registered under the Indian Companies Act, 1956. It is engaged in the business of printing and publishing news papers in the States of Maharashtra and Goa. The Company has also Website, therefore, publications have wide circulation throughout India and abroad. One Abhijeet Prataprao Pawar is Director on the Board of Directors of the said Company. One Leelatai Parulekar is also a Director and she is daughter of the founder of the said Company, namely, late Dr.Nanasaheb Parulekar.

5. It is alleged that there was function organized on 20.09.2011 to celebrate 114th Birth A