IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on : 22.01.2026 Pronounced on: 01.04.2026 Uploaded on: 02.04.2026 Sunil ....Petitioner V/s Ms. Kala Ramachandran and another .…Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM AGGARWAL Argued by: Mr. Rajesh Khandelwal, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Shashank Bhandari, Addl. Advocate General and Mr. Anuj Garg, DAG, Haryana.

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VIKRAM AGGARWAL, J.

The instant contempt petition, preferred under Article 215 of the Constitution of India and Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 (hereinafter referred to as the “1971 Act”) alleges willful disobedience of the directions issued by the Supreme Court of India in the case of Arnesh Kumar V/s State of Bihar and another, (2014) 8 SCC 273, and the order dated 11.07.2022 (Annexure P-2) passed by the Apex Court in Civil Misc. Application No.1849 of 2021 in SLP(Crl.)-5191-2021, titled as Satender Kumar Antil V/s CBI and another.

2. In the instant case, FIR No.5, dated 13.01.2023 (Annexure P-5) was registered at Police Station Cyber Manesar, District Gurugram, under Section 66(D) of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (for short “the IT Act”) and under Section 420 of the Indian Pe