1.

These criminal contempt proceedings were initiated

suo moto against the respondent/accused for alleged act

that amounted to lowering the Authority of Court and

therefore, notice was ordered on him for the offence of

contempt of Court punishable under Section 11 of the

Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.

2.

After service of notice the accused having appeared

before

the

Court

had

filed

"SELF

EXCLAMATORY

STATEMENT"

on

10.04.2023

in

effect

denying

the

allegation stating that he has been brought up in a

traditional family. This day, when we were about to frame

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the charges, he has filed an COMPLIANCE AFFIDAVIT

(wrongly nomenclatured) which reads as under:

"I, DR.BEERE NAGARAJU, S/o Sri B.

Venkatanarayana,

aged

about

50

years,

presently working as Chief Pharmacist, Railway

Hospital, South Western Railway, Bengaluru, do

hereby solemnly affirm and state on oath as

follows:-

1.

I state that with regard to the Suo-

moto Criminal Contempt proceedings against me

in view of contemptuous act of violating the

decorum/decency and sanctity of this Hon'ble

Court during the virtual Court proceedings on

18.01.2023

at

14.38

hours

by

me

was

unintentional and due to technical inadvertence.

I

p