SURESH KUMAR KAIT, TUSHAR RAO GEDELA
Ram Prakash Choudhary – Appellant
Versus
State – Respondent
JUDGMENT (Oral)
1. Vide present appeal, appellant is seeking setting aside of the impugned order dated 14.12.2022 whereby the Contempt Case (C) 1359/2022 and CM Applcation No.53955-56/2022 have been dismissed with cost of Rs.25,000/- to be paid to Delhi High Court Legal Service Committee; and to initiate contempt proceedings against the respondent No.1, the IO/ACP, PS. Model Town Sh. Ajay Kumar and respondent No.2 Ms.Sarita Batra for their deliberate and willful disobedience and act of contempt of Court committed in respect of order dated 15.11.2019 passed by this Court.
2. Pursuant to order dated 06.03.2023, learned counsel for respondents has appeared and submitted that the present appeal is not maintainable in view of Section 19 of the Contempt Court Act.
3. It is not in dispute that vide the impugned judgment dated 14.12.2022, the contemnor has already been discharged and appeal is not maintainable as decided by order dated 01.11.2022 of this Court passed in Cont. App. (C) 21/2022. The relevant paras of said order are as under:
"7. Alas as the position had not changed, there was no occasion for anyone, much less the respondents to be held guilty of contempt, as has been right
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