1. Through the medium of this petition under Sec 561-A Cr. P. C. the petitioner seeks quashing of the complaint and the process by Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rajouri, on the basis thereof in the case titled Kamla Devi Vs. Master Roshan Lal, for an offence under Section 500/501 R. P. C.

2. The petitioner is the editor of the Urdu Newspaper "DAILY SACH" Jammu. In his newspaper dated 12-5- 1981, an article was published in which certain comments were made with regard to the decision "of a case titled Suraj Parkash Vs. Romesh Chander and ors by the District Asstt. Custodian, Rajouri, who had allowed an application filed by Suraj Parkash pertaining to some allotment in favour of the evacuees. The said Suraj Parkash is the husband of the complainant. It was commented upon in the Article that the decision had been made in favour of Suraj Parkash etc. by the District Asstt. Custodian, Rajouri, wrongly and after receiving illegal gratification. On the basis of that article the complainant, Shrimati Kamla Devi w/o Suraj Parkash, filed a complaint in the court of Chief Judl. Magistrate, Rajouri, on 5-10-1981 alleging that the article in question contained false imputations and was intended to

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