M. ANANTANARAYANAN, OFFG. C.J. :- The respondent in these proceedings is Sri Amanullakhan, a member of the Salem Bar, and the proceedings have been initiated by the learned Advocate General under S. 3 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 32 of 1952 and Art, 215 of the Constitution of India. We may here briefly state that the proceedings have been thus initiated upon a report by Sri K. P. Madhavacharya, Additional First Class Magistrate I, Salem, whose affidavit is on the record. Equally, there are two affidavits on record, on behalf of the respondent, the first being that of the respondent himself, and the second that of a member of the Salem Bar, Sri P. S. Mari Chetty, who claims to have been present on the occasion of the incident which led to the contempt proceedings.

2. A very brief conspectus of the facts, as set forth in the affidavit the Magistrate, will be sufficient. The Magistrate states that, on 28th June 1965, after he pronounced judgments in three cases convicting the concerned accused under S. 4 (1) (a) and (b) of the Madras Prohibition Act, he took up C. C. 2896 of 1965 for trial, in which the accused was one Kaliammal charged under S. 4 (1) (a) of the Madras Prohi