Bengaluru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Prathap Simha has filed defamation cases against KPCC Spokesperson M. Lakshmana in the 32nd Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court (ACMM) in Bengaluru, according to a press release issued by MP Prathap Simha’s office this morning.
The MP has filed two separate private criminal complaints bearing numbers 6499/2023 and 1391/2024, punishable under IPC sections 499 (making or publishing an imputation about a person with the intent to harm their reputation) and 500 (anyone who defames another person can be punished with up to two years in prison, a fine, or both) in the Court accusing Lakshmana of making defamatory statements against him on 06.07.2023 and 02.02.2024.
