JUDGMENT :- The contemnor, Shri Shamsher Singh Bedi, Advocate, Anandpur Sahib District Ropar, Punjab, is the appellant in this appeal filed under Section 19 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 against the judgment and order of a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court convicting him under Section 2(c) (i) of the said Act and sentencing him to pay a fine of Rs. 1,000/- (Rupees one thousand only), in default to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of 15 days.

2. The facts of the case as we find in the judgment of the High Court and which are not in dispute are as follows :

One Gurdial Singh was arrested on the basis of an F.I.R. dated 24th April, 1983 by the police of Anandpur Sahib, District Ropar, for offences under Sections 307/353/392/394 etc. of the Indian Penal Code. He was then produced before Shri N.C. Prashar, Judicial Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Anandpur Sahib, for remand and he was remanded to judicial custody. A bail application was filed and the learned Magistrate refused bail though it was not a case under Section 307, I.P.C. Aggrieved by this order, Gurdial Singh served notice on the Magistrate which was drafted by the appellant and which was served on the