Court Refuses to Dismiss Case Against Publisher and Chief Editor of Newspaper for Revealing Identity of Sexual Offence Victim: Kerala High Court

The petitioners, Fr. Joseph Kuzhinjalil and Fr. Boby Alex, sought the quashment of a final report filed against them in C.C. No. 1576 of 2018, on the files of Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Angamaly, arising from Crime No. 2078/2017 of Nedumbassery Police Station. The prosecution alleged that the petitioners, in their capacity as printer and editor of the newspaper Rashtra Deepika, disclosed the identity of the victim in a…