ORDER :

1. The present Contempt Petition has been filed contending that the accused has indulged in acts amounting to criminal contempt of this Court including the abuse of judicial process before the trial Court as also before this Court. The complainant has sought for the accused to be punished for contempt of court under section 12(1) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.

2. The complainant states that:

2.1 The complainant is a medical practitioner who had entered into an agreement of sale with one Indu Kumari to purchase the property bearing No.37 (Old No.137) with PID No.621837 situated at 8th Main, 14th Cross, Lakkasandra Layout Extension, Bengaluru – 560 030. Since the said Indu Kumari having not executed the sale deed, the complainant had filed a suit for specific performance in O.S.No.16494 of 2005. On 27.05.2005 an order of injunction restraining Indu Kumari from alienating the schedule property had been passed.

2.2 The accused had purchased the schedule property on 16.03.2007 from Smt.Indu Kumari in gross violation of the order of temporary injunction for an amount of Rs.23,00,500/and mortgaged the same to Bengaluru City Cooperative Bank Limited for Rs.24,25,000/on 20.09.2