It also includes situations where a person enters a place voluntary but is then denied exit therefrom. MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
When a person make a false statement to the police with the result that other is arrested and charged in a court of law without any justifiable cause, the person arrested can sue whoever made the report and enjoin the police officers who effected the arrest. it has to be pr
oved that there was no probable cause for the arrest. And the prosecution must have resulted in an acquittal. DEFAMATION
This is the publication or the making of utterance or words, which lower the estimation of a person in the eyes of right thinking members of society. it may take the form of libel ( When it published) or slander (When spoken orally). When the person saying the words is justified in the uttering them or when the words said are based on an honest opinion backed by true facts, such a person cannot be held liable for defamation. Also one is not liable when the words complained of where privileged information e.g. when parliamentarians are debating in the house, or when the court hears the case in legal proceeding.
