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

THE HON’BLE DR.JUSTICE AJOY KUMAR MUKHERJEE CRR 2428 of 2017 Anirban Chattopadhyay & Ors.

Vs.

Krishnendu Nararyan Chowdhury For the petitioners : Mr. Sandipan Ganguly Mr. Somopriya Chowdhury Mr. Soumitra Dutta Mr. Matri Prasad Das Heard on : 22.04.2025 Judgment on : 20.05.2025 Dr. Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee, J.

1. The petitioners herein have sought for quashing of a complaint case being case no. 382C/2017 initiated by opposite party herein under section 500/501/34 of the Indian Penal Code (in short IPC) which relates to a publication carried in a widely circulated Bengali daily on 19th December, 2016, covering a news article relating to complainant/opposite party herein. 2. The allegations levelled by the opposite party/complainant is to the effect that vide aforesaid publication under the headline ‘Abhijukto Krishnendu Nararyan’ ( Krishnendu Narayan has been made as accused), in which it was reported that a complaint has been lodged by house owners of a house at ward no. 10 Imam Bara Lane, Malda English Bazar Municipality, against the opposite party herein and his associates for threatening and resisting