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Prayagraj, 04 July (HS). Allahabad High Court passed an order saying that advocates have dual responsibility in the court. Lawyers should assist the court instead of creating disturbance in the court. The court has imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on advocate Arun Kumar Tripathi for creating disturbance during the proceedings of the bail petition.
The case was about bail in a criminal case. Mohan of Thana Jarch, District Gautam Budh Nagar had filed a bail application in the High Court. The charges against Mohan included serious offences under Sections 376 and 354 (C) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 67 of the Information Technology Act. It was alleged that Mohan recorded a video of a woman while she was bathing, blackmailed her and forced her to have physical relations by threatening to make the video viral. The prosecution claimed that Mohan continued this behavior by recording further acts of physical relations.
The bail plea was heard by Justice Krishna Pahal. After considering the arguments of both the parties, the court found that the relevant video from Mohan's mobile phone has been recovered and sent for forensic analysis. Considering the gravity of the allegations and the evidence presented, the court found no merit in granting bail to the applicant and rejected the same.
Despite this decision of the High Court, advocate Arun Kumar Tripathi continued to present his side, which caused disruption in the proceedings. The court said that this behavior of the advocate is akin to criminal contempt. But the court refrained from initiating contempt proceedings. Instead, a fine of Rs 10,000 was imposed on the advocate. Which the advocate will have to deposit in the account of the High Court Legal Services Authority within 15 days.
Justice Krishna Pahal said in the order that the applicant's counsel not only continued to argue the case even after the order was passed in open court, but also disrupted the proceedings. This behaviour is considered a criminal contempt of court, as it undermines the authority and decorum of the judicial process.