JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Criminal Original petition filed under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, to call for the entire records in C.C.No.1280 of 2020 on the file of the learned XIV Metropolitan Magistrate, Egmore, Chennai District and quash the same.)

1. This petition has been filed to quash the compliant lodged by the respondent in C.C.No.1280 of 2020 on the file of the learned XIV Metropolitan Magistrate, Egmore, Chennai District, thereby taken cognizance for the offences under Sections 499 & 500 of IPC, as against the petitioner.

2. The respondent filed private complaint for the offences punishable under Sections 499 & 500 of IPC. The crux of the allegations in the complaint is that the respondent owns, prints and publishes the daily newspaper Murasoli. The petitioner is the founder of a political party and he manages a twitter handle under the name and style of Dr.S.Ramadoss with URL http://twitter.com/drramadoss (hereinafter after called as “official twitter account”). The petitioner twitted from his official twitter account on 17.10.2019. Further he also twitted four twits from his official twitter account on 19.10.2019 at about 12.07 p.m. Once again he twitted from his offi