IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH COCP No.2012 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision: 11.11.2009 Komal Krishan ......Petitioner(s) Versus Ms. Seema Rani ......Respondent(s) CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR GARG * * * Present: Mr. S.P. Soi, Advocate for the petitioner. Rakesh Kumar Garg, J.(Oral) CM No.26448-CII of 2009 Application is allowed subject to all just exceptions. COCP No.2012 of 2009 As per the allegations made in this petition, after suffering a statement before this Court, the respondent has given an interview in a T.V. Channel stating therein that her signatures were obtained on a blank paper by her Advocate while she appeared before this Court in Criminal Misc. No.19087 of 2006. Section 2(c ) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 reads as follows: “Criminal Contempt” means the publication (whether by words, spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation, or otherwise) of any matter or the doing of any other act whatsoever which- (i) scandalises or tends or scandalise, or lowers or tends to lower the authority of any court;or (ii) prejudices, or interfers or tends to interfere with, the due course of any judicial proceeding;or (iii) interferes or tends to interfere with, or obstructs or tends to obstruct, the administration of justice in any other manner;” COCP No.2012 of 2009 (O&M) -2- From the allegations made in the petition and the provisions of law as noticed above, it seems to be a case of criminal contempt. Faced with this situation, learned counsel for the petitioner wishes to withdraw the present petition with liberty to the petitioner to seek an appropriate remedy in accordance with law. With the aforesaid liberty, this petition is ordered to be dismissed as withdrawn. November 11, 2009 (RAKESH KUMAR GARG) ps JUDGE