This is an application under sections 3 and 5 of the Contempt of Courts Act XXXII of 1952 praying that this Court might be pleased to take such action against the respondent as it thinks fit and necessary and pass suitable orders for contempt of the Sessions Court, Tiruchirapalli.

On 21st October, 1957, the District Magistrate of Tiruchirappalli committed the petitioner for taking his trial at the Court of Session, Tiruchirapalli, on a charge containing three counts under section 117, Indian Penal Code, read with other sections of the Penal Code. That case was registered as Sessions Case No. 93 of 1957 by the Sessions Judge of Tiruchirappalli. The charges related to three speeches made by the petitioner on the 5th, 13th and 20th October, 1957, at Kulitalai, Pasupathipalayam and Tiruchirapalli Town respectively, wherein the petitioner was alleged to have incited the public to kick, stab and kill Brahmins and set fire to their houses. The case was taken up for trial by the Sessions Judge, Tiruchirappalli, on 12th December, 1957, and it ultimately ended in conviction. In the meantime, the respondent paid a visit to Tiruchirapalli on 9th December, 1957, and, during the course of hi