THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.R.L. NAGESWARA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 1138 of 2008 ORDER: The present Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioners/A-1 and A-2 under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short “Cr.P.C.”) to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.315 of 2005 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Mahaboobnagar. A complaint is said to have lodged by the 2nd respondent on a news item said to have been published in the Vaartha daily news paper stating that he was a rowdy sheeter. Evidently, the Vaartha daily newspaper is owned by the petitioner No.1 and the petitioner No.2 is said to be the editor at that relevant time. As can be seen from the contention of the petitioners, there appears to be allegations supporting the news item. Therefore, in view of the above circumstances, when they are pleading no knowledge of the alleged publication or truth of it and the bona fides are to be decided only in the trial and it is not a case for quashing of the proceedings. However, the attendance of the petitioners in the lower Court is dispensed with except on the date of their examination under Section 313 of the Cr.P.C. and on the date of judgment. The petitioners can also agitate about the liability keeping in view of the provisions of the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is disposed of. ________________________ N.R.L. NAGESWARA RAO, J Date: 25-11-2011 MR THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.R.L. NAGESWARA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION No. 1138 of 2008 DATE: 25-11-2011 MR