Hemant Gupta, J.

1. The present petition under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act (for short `the Act), has been filed with the averments that on 11.10.1999, the parties solemnized their marriage according to Sikh rites and a female child, namely, Tanvi was born out of the wedlock, who is living with the petitioner.

2. The respondent is a citizen of Germany and petitioner cohabited with the respondent when he was in India and whenever he used to come to India. The respondent went to Germany after leaving the petitioner in lurch. The petitioner was harassed and maltreated by the relatives of the respondent. An FIR No. 272. Dated 24.9.2003 for the offences under Sections 406, 420, 498-A, 376, 120-B IPC, was registered at Police Station Civil Line, Patiala, at the instance of the petitioner against the respondent, his father Dalip Singh; Simarnjit Kaur (sister-in-law); Raspinder Singh (brother-in-law) and Baldev Singh (Devar). The respondent was declared as a Proclaimed Offender and was arrested at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, but subsequently enlarged on bail by the competent Court. Due to intervention of the respectables and friends, a compromise was