ORDER

J.D. Kapoor, President (Oral) This is a hard case where an old man was awarded three months imprisonment under Section 228, IPC only for misbehaving with the President and Members of the District Forum as he lost his temper. The Judges should neither be too touchy nor too sensitive nor should get offended as to their dignity. The appellant is very old and is stated to be in depression.

2. On the face of it, the impugned order is beyond jurisdiction and is illegal. Section 345 Cr. P.C. prescribes the procedure in certain case of contempt and reads as under:

"345. Procedure in certain cases of contempt (1) When any such offence as is described in Section 175, Section 178, Section 179, Section 180 or Section 228 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) is committed in the view or presence of any civil, criminal or revenue Court, the Court may cause the offender to be detained in custody and may at any time before the rising of the Court on the same day, take cognizance of the offence and, after giving the offender a reasonable opportunity of showing cause why he should not be punished under this section, sentence the offender to fine not exceeding two hundred rupees and in default of