companyresponding to june 19 1965.
chatterjee magistrate first class purulia.
patanda district singhbhum they published a letter in the weekly issue of mukti dated the 4th asar 1388 b.s.
behalf under sec.
after 3 months o.n december 21 1962 his pleader was examined on his behalf at his express request.
501 i.p.c.
on the same day ram adhikari was examined under sec.
chatterjee next companytended that the trial of bibhuti dasgupta was illegal as he was number personally examined under sec.
appeal from the judgment and order dated march 31 1965 of the calcutta high companyrt in criminal revision number 921 of 1963.
on december 21 1962 the lawyer representing bibhuti dasgupta flied a petition stating that he was undergoing an operation in calcutta and that the lawyer may be examined on his.
on his complaint sripati gope and bibhuti dasgupta were charged with an offence punishable under sec.
on september 17 1962 the examination of prosecution witnesses was companycluded.
on the application of bibhuti dasgupta the magistrate passed an order o.n december 12 1961 dispensing with his personal appearance and permitting him to appear by his pleader.
a revision petition filed by bibhuti dasgupta and ram adhikari was dismissed by the high companyrt.
all the companyrts companycurrently found that the publication was number made by the appellant in good faith for the public good and that they were number entitled to the protection of the ninth exception to sec.
500 of the indian penal companye and ram adhikari was charged with an offence punishable under sec.
the two companyrts rejected his claim for protection under the first exception to s. 499 i.p.c.
they were tried jointly by shri s.m.
they have filed the present appeal after obtaining a certificate under article 134 1 c of the companystitution.
the order concerning the companyviction and sentence of sripati gope has number become final.
the magistrate companyvicted all of them of the offences with which they were respectively charged and passed appropriate sentences.
criminal appellate jurisdiction criminal appeal number 73 of 1966.
on april 17 1963 the magistrate delivered judgment.
on the same date the magistrate allowed the application and examined his lawyer.
bibhuti bhusan dasgupta was the editor and ram chandra adhikari was the printer and publisher of mukti a local bengali weekly journal with its registered office at purulia town.
at the instance of sripati gope a resident of bhuni p.s.
the judgment of the companyrt was delivered by bachawat j. the companyplainant sarajit kumar bose was a forest ranger having his headquarters at bara bazar range in the district of purulia.
the appellants case is that on their l2sup c169 8 behalf one dol gobinda chakravarty made enquiries and was satisfied about the truth of the defamatory statements.
the appeals filed by them against the order were dismissed by the sessions judge purulia.
k. chatterjee for the appellants.
chatterjee for p.k.
k. bhattacharya g.s.
the letter which bore the caption wild law in the land of the nags barbarians companytained several defamatory statements companycerning sarajit bose.
bose for the respondent.
