#criminal defamation

Allahabad HC sets aside criminal defamation proceedings where the complainant failed to establish publication of the alleged defamatory article or malicious intent by the accused. The ruling reinforces that good faith complaints under Section 499 IPC cannot sustain prosecution without concrete evidence of defamatory publication or malice.

Telangana High Court holds that forwarding social media posts without intent to incite enmity or public alarm does not attract Section 353 BNS. The ruling underscores that criminal liability under the provision requires proof of mens rea, protecting users from frivolous FIRs based on unverified content dissemination.