V.K.MEHROTRA, V.P.BHATNAGAR
SENIOR SUB JUDGE, DHARAMSHALA, HIMACHAL PRADESH – Appellant
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RAM AVTAR KANSAL, EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, H. P. HOUSING BOARD, DHARAMSHALA – Respondent
V. K. Mehrotra, J. : - By our judgment and order of November 28, 1988, in Criminal Contempt Petition No. 3 of 1986 (Senior Sub Judge, Dharamshala v. Ram Avtar Kansal) we had held respondent Kansal to be guilty of having committed criminal contempt within the meaning of S. 2(c) of the Contempt of Courts Act,1971. We had sentenced him to undergo simple imprisonment for a term of one month. We also said in our order that in case respondent Kansal furnished a personal bond in the sum of Rs.1000/- to the Registrar of this Court within twenty four hours, the sentence awarded by us shall remain suspended for a period of six weeks to enable Sh. Kansal, if he so liked, to obtain appropriate orders, from the Supreme Court by filing an appeal.
2. On December 28, 1988, Ram Avtar Kansal presented an application under S. 482, Cr.P.C. in this Court. In it, he said that he was pleading innocence in view of the circumstances mentioned in the application and prayed that "the judgment order be reviewed and the punishment be revoked in the interest of justice." Also, that the review be listed for hearing after winter vacations. On February 23, 1989, he filed another application under S. 482,
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