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CRIMINAL - Bombay HC Holds Journalist Guilty of Extortion for Threatening to Defame Person in News - (08 Mar 2019)

CRIMINAL

Bombay High Court has held journalist, Sharad Balkrushna Deotale, guilty of extortion for threatening to publish a news item defaming complainant and demanding money in exchange for his silence.

Tags : BOMBAY HIGH COURT   JOURNALIST  GUILTY OF EXTORTION FOR THREATENING TO DEFAME PERSON IN NEWS  

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