Anil Pathak & ANR. v. State Of (NCT Of Delhi)

$~89 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 8318/2024, CRL.M.A. 31762/2024 ANIL PATHAK & ANR.

.....Petitioners Through:

Mr. Soibal Gupta and Mr. Himanshu Swami, Advs.

versus STATE OF (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through:

Mr.Nawal Kishore Jha, APP for State with IO/SI Richa, PS Fatehpur Beri and SI Pooja, PS Bhalswa Dairy.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ KUMAR OHRI

O R D E R

% 21.10.2024 1.

The present petition has been preferred by the petitioner being aggrieved with the directions passed by the learned Trial Court in the impugned order dated 20.09.2024 in terms of paragraphs 9 & 10 thereof. 2.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the present incident pertains to 16.08.2024 when the son of the accused clicked picture/videos inside the Court Room. On being supplied with the aforesaid information, learned counsel merely pointed out to the Trial Court as to the probability of tutoring of the witness. He, however, submits that he did so as a counsel and that he had no personal knowledge or information. 3.

Insofar as the observations against the son of the accused are concerned, the same are still pending consideration before the concerned Court, wherein he has been asked to show cause. The petitioners would be at liberty to reply to the said show cause notice, which would be considered in The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 25/10/2024 at 14:23:38

accordance with law.

4.

Insofar as the direction to the Bar Council is concerned, the explanation tendered by the learned counsel for the petitioners is that he only pointed out what his client had informed him and that at no point in time, he had any intention to lower the dignity of the Court. The explanation tendered by the learned counsel is found to be satisfactory and the directions contained in paragraph 10 of the impugned order is set aside. 5.

With the above directions, the petition is disposed of alongwith miscellaneous application.

MANOJ KUMAR OHRI, J OCTOBER 21, 2024 akc The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 25/10/2024 at 14:23:38