Court No. - 10
Case :- CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 2597 of 2019 Applicant :- Gulzare Zehra Opposite Party :- J. Ravinder Goud, Senior Superintendent Of Police And 3 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Rakesh Kumar Verma
Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant.
By order dated 2.7.2018 passed in Criminal Misc. Writ Petition No.17006 of 2018 filed by the applicant, the Court directed as under:
"From the perusal of the record, it reveals that the petitioner is the informant of the aforementioned case. In case the petitioner is having any grievance with regard to the investigation of the aforementioned case, the same may be raised before the Senior Superintendent of Police, Moradabad, who shall look into the matter so that fair and expeditious investigation of the aforementioned case may be ensured.
It is further directed that the S.S.P., Moradabad shall supervise the investigation and ensure that the same is completed speedily without any undue delay.
With the above directions, this writ petition is finally disposed of."
Learned counsel for the applicant submits that a certified copy of the aforesaid order was submitted for compliance before the opposite party but the opposite party has wilfully not complied with the order and, thus, has committed civil contempt liable for punishment under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.
Prima facie a case of contempt has been made out. However, considering the facts and circumstances of the case, one more opportunity is afforded to the opposite party to comply with the aforesaid order of the Court within two months from the date of production of a certified copy of this order.
The applicant shall supply a duly stamped registered envelope addressed to the opposite party and another self-addressed stamped envelope to the office within one week from today. The office shall send a copy of this order along with the self- addressed envelope of the applicant with a copy of contempt application to the opposite party within one week thereafter and keep a recorded thereof.
The opposite party shall comply with the directions of the writ court and intimate him of the order through the self-addressed envelop within a week thereafter.
With the aforesaid observations, this application is disposed of at this stage with liberty to the applicant to move a fresh application, if the order is not complied with by the opposite party within the stipulated time as aforementioned.
Order Date :- 30.4.2019 RKP