IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA ORG.CR. MISC (DB) No.13 of 2008 MD.KHURSHID ALAM Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ANR. ----------- 4. 12.09.2008 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Lalit Kishore, learned counsel for the State. Also perused the application filed on behalf of opposite party no.2 in compliance of the Court’s order dated 4.9.2008 for placing the real facts relating to publication of the statements attributed to opposite party no.2. In the explanation opposite party no.2 has expressed his regards for the judiciary and has explained that the press conference in which he made the remarks published by the press, was called for some other purpose and in reply to questions put to him at the end of the press conference, he gave his views on the observations attributed to this Court in public interest litigation in a bona fide manner and without intending to harm the reputation of the Court or to interfere with the subjudice matter. Since opposite party no.2 is a Minister in the Government of Bihar and he has stated on oath that he has highest regards for the courts, 2 we accept that the remarks were made bona fide. In that view of the matter, we do not propose to initiate a proceeding for contempt but we make it clear that bona fide remarks were made on a day when public interest litigation has just begun and was subjudice. The timing of the comments is important. It is expected that this aspect of the matter shall be kept in mind by any responsible citizen of this State whenever one is asked to make comments in respect of the courts’ proceeding in a matter pending before this Court. The matter is disposed of. BT (Shiva Kirti Singh, J.) (Syed Md. Mahfooz Alam, J.)