JUDGMENT

B.S. Chauhan, J.

1. These two appeals have been filed against the judgment and order passed by the High Court of Karnataka at Bangalore in CCC (Crl.) Nos. 7 and 12 of 2002 dated 18.8.2004 by which the Appellant has been convicted for committing criminal contempt of court and has been awarded the sentence of simple imprisonment for a period of six months along with a fine of Rs. 2,000/-, in default, to undergo simple imprisonment for a further period of one month.

2. Facts and circumstances giving rise to these appeals are that the Appellant was enrolled as an advocate on 14.8.1998 and since then he has been practicing in the High Court of Karnataka at Bangalore. Prior to joining the Bar, he had been working for the Respondent company as Marketing Executive. Being well known to the officials of the company, he was engaged as Retainer for the Company and thus, the Appellant used to report to the company's officials about the progress of its cases pending in various courts in Karnataka. However, on receiving some orders purported to have been passed by the High Court of Karnataka, the officials of the company became suspicious and verified from the original record, and then subm