SURESH SINGH YADAV Vs. DESH DEPAK SACHDEVA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This criminal contempt was instituted against the contemnor Desh Deepak Sachdeva upon a reference dated 21.10.2006 tendered by Sri Suresh Singh Yadav, Principal Judge, Family Court, Meerut, for drawing proceedings of criminal contempt under Section 2(c) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 on account of the alleged misbehaviour of the contemnor with the Presiding Officer and his scandalous utterances casting aspersions on the functioning of the court and of the Judge concerned. Notices were issued, upon which the contemnor appeared before this Court and taking notice of the aforesaid facts a division bench passed the following order on 17.1.2007:-

(2.) Thereafter several bailable warrants were issued as the contemnor did not appear before this Court and finally non-bailable warrants were issued on 9.2.2015 that could not be executed, upon which a division bench of this Court on 18th April, 2015 issued orders for its execution within 21 days.

(3.) The contemnor in his affidavit filed today has stated that he was arrested as a consequence of the non-bailable warrants on 3rd May, 2015, and was taken into custody, whereafter he was produced before this Court on 12th May, 2015.