RAJESH SINGHAL Vs. SATYAPAL VERMA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS contempt petition has been filed by Mr. Rajesh Singhal s/o Sugan Lal aged 43 years by caste Agarwal r/o Jaisal Nagar, Jodhpur against a judicial officer, Mr. Satyapal Verma, ACJM (Paryavaran) Pali purportedly for having committed the breach and disobedience of the orders passed by this Court on 20/7/2011 in S.B.Criminal Misc. Petition No. 1153/2011 - Rajesh Singhal vs. State & Anr. (Chandra Bhanu s/o Ghisa Lal - complainant) filed for quashing of standing warrant of arrest against the petitioner by learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pali.

(2.) AFTER hearing both the learned counsels, a coordinate bench of this Court while disposing of the criminal misc. Petition no. 1153/2011 under Section 482 Cr.P.C., which was directed against the order dated 25/6/2011 passed by Sessions Judge, Pali in criminal revision petition no. 61/2011,whereby, the revision petition filed by the petitioner against the order dated 24/8/2009 passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate issuing standing arrest warrant against him came to be rejected. While disposing of the misc. Petition, the coordinate bench of this Court directed that since the petitioner was absconding, he may surrender before the court below on or before 8/8/2011 and in case he so surrenders on or before 8/8/2011 and applies before the learned Magistrate, his bail application shall be considered on the same day in accordance with law. It is considered appropriate to reproduce the said order of coordinate bench in extenso :-

(3.) THUS , on the application filed by the Investigating Officer seeking police custody of the accused on 6.8.2011 itself, the said judicial officer passed the detailed order giving accused in police custody for 24 hours and to be produced again before the court for judicial custody or police custody, as the case may be, and thus, the consideration of bail application was made by the learned ACJM, Pali and keeping it pending the same was again posted on 8.8.2011, on which date the bail application was rejected by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pali himself. The petitioner accused is said to have been enlarged on bail by the higher court of learned Sessions Judge, Pali after 3 days on 11.8.2011.