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1919 Supreme(All) 135

RYVES
Manghai Ram – Appellant
Versus
Emperor – Respondent


JUDGMENT

Ryves, J. - In this case there is a discrepancy between the finding of the learned Sessions Judge and of the Magistrate as to the faots, I have examined the record and there is no doubt that the Magistrate has come to the right conclusion on the, facts. Manghai Ram, who was a witness for the prosecution in a case which was then being heard before the Magistrate, tried to come into the Court room from the verandah. Shanker, who appears to have been in some way related to the accused in that case, prevented him. There was a souffle between the two and some sort of an assault. Mahabir, who was a Chaprasi of the Court, intervened and told Manghai not to come inside the Court room When this happened, the Court appears to have taken action u/s 430 of the Criminal Procedure Code and on the faots found, namely, that there had been this assault in the verandah of the Court room, convicted Manghai Ram u/s 228 of the Indian Penal Code, holding that this conduct amounted to "a contempt of Court as defined in that section," and sentenced him to pay a fine of Rs. 50. Manghai applied in revision to the learned Sessions Judge, who rejected the revision on what seems t3 me a misconception o

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