Bombay HC Holds Journo Guilty Of Extortion For Threatening To Defame Person In News [Read Judgment]

Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court recently held a journalist guilty of extortion for threatening to publish a news item defaming the complainant and demanding money in exchange for his silence.In doing so, Justice MG Giratkar observed, "The illustrations to Section 384 are very clear. All the illustrations show that even a threatening by journalists who are reporters to publish news in...