This revision has been taken on file by the High Court on its Suo Motu jurisdiction on the basis of the letter written by one Rajasekar to the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nagapattinam on the basis of the orders passed by the Judicial Magistrate, Nagapattinam, in M.C. No.14 of 1999, convicting and sentencing one Janarthanam for offence under Section 228 IPC and directing him to undergo simple imprisonment for six months and to pay a fine of Rs.1000/- in default to undergo two weeks simple imprisonment.

2.The brief facts of the case is as follows:-

a)One Janarthanam, instituted a private case against his brothers in CC No.2526 of 1996. In that connection, on 09.09.1999, he filed a petition to give a copy of the document sent by the Mayiladuthurai Hospital but the same was returned. Hence on 10.09.1999, he wrote a letter to the Judicial Magistrate, Nagapattinam and a copy thereof marked to the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nagapattinam, asking him for the reasons as to why the Judicial Magistrate, Nagapattinam, returned the petition and also requested him, to give a copy of the document sent by the Mayiladuthurai Hospital connected with the case and had further stated in the sai