( 1 ) THE Advocate General, Andhra Pradesh, has filed this petition against D. Seshagirirao, the respondent herein, for action under Sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Contempt of Courts Act. The respondent is said to have committed contempt of court by reason of the scurrilous attacks which he made against the Additional Sessions Judge, Rajahmundry, and thr Judicial Second Class Magistrate, Kakinada in the letters which he addressed to them on 30-10-1964.

( 2 ) IN order to appreciate the points at issue, it may he necessary to state a feu facts.

( 3 ) THE respondent filed a criminal com-plaint against the officials of Gurazanapalli Salt Factory, near Kakinada in East Godavari District under Sections 447, 506 and 500 I. P C. and Section 22-D of the Central Excises and Salt Act, No. I of 1944 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act"), alleging that without any manner of justification they trespassed upon the land (salt pan ). and prevented him from manufacturing salt for a day. He claimed title to the land, and also contended that he was under no obligation to take a licence from the department for manufacturing salt on the ground that no notification was issued by the Governmen