KM ANSUL PAGARIA Vs. GAURAV KUMAR DEV

JUDGEMENT

(1.) AMAR Saran and S. C. Nigam, JJ. Heard learned Counsel for the appli cants and learned Additional Government Advocate.

(2.) BY means of this application the applicants have prayed for initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against Gaurav Kumar Dev. The basis for initiating the said proceeding was that a habeas cor pus petition was filed by Gaurav Kumar Dev before this Court in which the appli cants appeared. The applicant No. 1 Km. Ansul Pagaria denied having married with Gaurav Kumar Dev and also denied the photographs etc. , which were produced by him and she stated that she had been kid napped for ransom and she had not volun tarily married to him and that she is living with her father voluntarily and has not been illegally detained by him. Thereafter it appears that the opposite party Gaurav Kumar Dev made some statements before the Press and three cuttings of the Daily News Papers Nai Dunia, Hari Bhoomi and Desh Bandhu dated 13. 10. 2007 have been annexed with this application.

(3.) AS obviously the petition before the Allahabad High Court has already been disposed of therefore, the alleged statement of the opposite party to the Press could not prejudice or interfere with the due course of any judicial proceeding. Secondly as there was no reference even to any pro ceeding before the High Court, there was no question that the High Court Authority has been lowered or this Court has been scandalized in any manner.