C.J.M. FATEHPUR Vs. PRAKASH SINGH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE bar and the bench are wheels of the same chariot and it is painful to exercise contempt proceeding against one of them. But our duty is to see that the chariot moves on and does not stop due malfunctioning of one of them. THE FACTS

(2.) THREE cases are being decided by this judgement: two of them are the contempt references sent by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Fatehpur (the CJM) involving four contemners; and the third one is criminal revision against the order dated 20.11.2006 dismissing the criminal complaint of one of the contemner.

(3.) CRIMINAL Contempt No. 30 of 2006 arises out of an incident happened on 27.10.2006 and about a book titled as 'Nyaya Palika Mein Apradhikaran' (U;k;ikfydk esa vijk/khdj.k) (the Book) written by Sri Prakash Singh and his daughter Ms. Shivali. The relevant facts in this regard are as mentioned in the succeeding paragraph.