JUDGMENT :

1. The instant application under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure (hereinafter referred to as ‘Code’) has been filed to quash the proceeding of the Complaint Case No.412 of 1999, under Section 500 I.P.C. (Ajeet Singh Tomar Vs. Khichchu Singh and others) pending in the Court of Judicial Magistrate, Gautambudh Nagar.

2. The relevant facts of the case are that applicant was working as a reporter in the Amar Ujala daily newspaper since long and he never published any news which is incorrect, a news item on the basis of press conference has been published in the Meerut edition daily newspaper Amar Ujala dated 15.07.1999 that the Pradhan-Khichchu Singh of Shahpur Goverdhanpur told that Ajeet Singh Tomar @ Bajrangi son of Shri Horam has illegally taken possession of the Gaon Sabha land recorded as pasture land and in this regard complaint has been also made to the District Magistrate as well as to the Commissioner. He also alleged that 510 bighas of land situated at Chakshalapur has been sold out by Ajeet Singh Tomar & his brothers, the dispute in respect to these plots is pending in the Court of Haryana State. He further alleged that the complaint was made to District M