IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CRIMINAL REVISIONAL JURISDICTION APPELLATE SIDE PRESENT:

THE HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE AJOY KUMAR MUKHERJEE CRR 1565 of 2015 Aveek Sarkar & Ors.

Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Anr.

For the Petitioner : Mr. Sandipan Ganguly, Sr. Adv Ms. Somopriyo Chowdhury Mr. Soumitra Datta For the Opposite party No.2 : Mr. Mohammde Amin Ms. Mahjabeen Mr. Ghulam Muztaba Heard on : 21.05.2025 Judgement on : 21.08.2025 Dr.Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee, J.

1. Petitioners herein/accused persons have assailed the impugned criminal proceeding being complaint case no. 34 of 2015 pending before learned Judicial Magistrate, 20th court, Calcutta, under section 500 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

2. A petition of complaint was filed by the opposite party herein before the court below alleging that on 13th September, 2014 a news item was published in the daily Ananda Bazar Patrika in which the members of the Student Islamic Organization were shocked to read representation in which serious allegations were made against the opposite party/organization which is defamatory in nature and the imputations were made by stating that the investigating officer has mentioned that some of these persons have conne