ORDER :

Cognizance was taken on a private complaint alleging offence punishable under Section 499 and 500 IPC by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ernakulam on a complaint made by one Pradeep Parappuram (second respondent) claimed to be an active worker of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). The allegation is that the first respondent from 11.8.2017 onwards started to publish news items in connection with Sri. Thomas Chandy, a Minister from NCP, regarding his involvement in the encroachment over government land through a company by name Lake Palace Resort owned by him, construction of a road by using MP Fund without any tender, encroachment over Punnammada lake extending approximately to 5 acres, acquisition of property in large scale from the person to whom the excess lands were given, reclamation of paddy land and its conversion as parking area connected with Lake Palace resort, reclamation of paddy land for constructing a road leading to Lake Palace, real estate business and the missing of files from village office, Alappuzha connected with the property owned by Lake Palace Resort etc..

2. Going by the entire publication, it is clear that what is alleged is against a private company by