IN RE Vs. UJENDRA VIR SINGH ADVOCATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) SRI Guru Sharan Srivastava, Additional District & Sessions Judge, Court No.1, Firozabad sent a letter dated 24.5.2013 to District Judge, Firozabad, complaining the behaviour of certain advocates, causing embarrassment by abusing and threatening and creating disturbance in his chamber while he was performing some official work.

(2.) IT is said that at about 12.10 AM he passed an order in bail application no. 811 of 2003 in Smt. Suman Singh and Sri Maghvendra Pratap Singh Vs. State of U.P. under Section 307, 504, 506 I.P.C. read with Section 27/30 of the Arms Act, rejecting the same. When he retired to his chamber, at about 12.10 PM, Sri Dharam Singh Yadav, Praveen Upadhyay and 100 or 200 Advocates came in the gallery adjoining his Chamber. Sri Ujendra Vir Singh, Advocate entered the Chamber and abused him. He also threatened that on Monday he shall be beaten and would not be allowed to work. He endorsed the aforesaid incident at the end of the order dated 24.5.2013 passed on bail application and thereafter communicated the said endorsement to District Judge vide letter dated 24.5.2013. The endorsement made by Sri Guru Sharan Srivastava, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Court No.1, Firozabad reads as under :

(3.) PURSUANT thereto Sri Vijay Pratap Singh, District Judge, Firozabad, vide letter dated 24.5.2013 referred the matter to this Court for initiating proceedings for Criminal Contempt. Some of the relevant contents of reference letter of District Judge are reproduced as under: