JASPAL SINGH
BHARTU – Appellant
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INDIAN EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS – Respondent
( 1 ) ON June 7, 1987, the Jansatta, a daily newspaper published a news item in Hindi. The plaintiff has provided its translation which reads as under: "the PRIEST KILLS PREM" (By Jansatta Correspondent ). New Delhi, 1st June. The Priest Baba Mangal Nath of Ram Johri Mandir in village Palam is absconding after murdering Prem Sarup. He killed him with the help of his vagabonds and anti-social persons. The body was thrown in the drain. Shri Parkash Chander General Secretary YUVAK VIKAS KENDRA has levelled the charges. He has charged the Baba/jogi that he was selling Smack and other drugs in the Temple and he was accused of several offences. Shri Chandra stated that Baba Mangal Nath through his disciple Bhartu, Namberdar summoned Prem Sarup @ Premi to his house. When he reached the temple the Baba told him that whosoever did not obey him faces the consequences. The allegations are that the Baba and his stooges thereafter gave severe beatings to the said Premi with sticks and from rods and thereafter threw him in the drain. They stated that the report is lodged with Police Post Palam. The Police arrested the Baba and co-accused and bailed them out. Both of them are abscondi
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