Defamation Case by Mumbai Cop: Bombay HC Quashes Process Against TV9 Directors

Case Title: Ravi Prakash Velicheti vs State of Maharashtra

Case No.: Criminal Writ Petition 694 of 2018

Coram: Justice Ranjitsinha Bhonsale

Court Observation

“I find that, before issuing the process against the Petitioners there was no verification statement recorded. Pertinent to note that, order of issuing process is after the amendment and includes the newly added accused. The object and purpose of recording a verification statement of the Complainant is to ascertain and arrive at the true and correct facts of the case. The recording of the statement of a Complainant under Section 200 of the CrPC (now 223 of BNSS) is to bring out the truth. It is not an empty formality. In the present case, after allowing the amendment it was necessary for the Court to record a verification statement and ascertain the prima facie facts/truth,”

 Defamation Case by Mumbai Cop: Bombay HC Quashes Process Against TV9 Directors