IPS Defamation Case| ‘Cannot Conduct Mini-Trial’: Allahabad HC Refuses to Quash Case Against News18 Journalists

Allahabad High Court dismissed a Section 482 CrPC plea seeking to quash summoning and criminal proceedings against three News18 journalists over alleged defamatory reporting. Holding that no mini-trial is permissible at the quashing stage, the Court directed the matter to proceed to trial.