( 1 ) THIS judgment shall dispose of two petitions, namely, Criminal Misc. (Main) No. 523 of 1980 and Criminal Misc. (Main) No. 527 of 1980.

( 2 ) THE petitioner in Criminal Misc. (Main) No. 523 of 1980, i. e. Pritam Singh, is the proprietor of M/s Navyug Press, Pleasure Garden Market, Chandni Chowk, Delhi, and the petitioner in Criminal Misc. (Main) No. 527 of 1980, i. e. Amar Bharati, is a practitioner in Homoeupathic medicines and also writes books in Punjabi, besides doing translation of books from other languages to Punjabi on behalf of the National Book Trust and Sahitya Academy. One Sardar Kapur Singh, an ex-ICS officer approached the petitioner Pritam Singh for the printing of second enlarged edition of his book titled "sachi Saki" in Gurumukhi script. It is alleged that in this connection he gave some photographs to be published in the said edition. The petitioner published another book "sat Guru Tis Ka Naue" in which its author Amar Bharti quoted a Passage from an article appearing in Nawan Hindustan of September 6, 1965, containing the views of the complainant Sardar Kapur Singh in praise of Baba Ram Singh and with reference to that article, also published the