IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Contempt No. 1 of 2010 D.J. Dehradun ……..Petitioner Versus Sanjay Kumar Sharma …..Respondent Hon’ble B.C. Kandpal,J. Hon’ble Nirmal Yadav, J. Sri Sanjay Kumar Sharma, Contemner is present in person before the Court. We are in receipt of the letter submitted by the District Judge, Dehradun, which reveals that the contemner Sri Sanjay Kumar Sharma appeared before the District Judge in open court on 21.5.2010 and again on 22.5.2010, and tendered unconditional and unqualified apology, within the hearing and in the presence of learned members of the legal fraternity. The District Judge has also enclosed the copy of the proceedings dated 22.5.2010 of the court. In our order dated 12.05.2010, we directed the contemner Sri Sanjay Kumar Sharma to appear before the District Judge, Dehradun in order to tender the apology in the open court. Since the contemner Sri Sanjay Kumar Sharma, who is practicing lawyer in District Dehradun, has complied the order passed by this Court by tendering unconditional and unqualified apology before the District Judge, Dehradun in the open court and the District Judge, Dehradun has also acknowledged the same, we are, therefore, of the view that the proceedings against the contemner under the Contempt of Courts Act now should be dropped. We accordingly discharge the notice issued against the contemner Sri Sanjay Kumar Sharma, Advocate, under the Contempt of Courts Act and drop the proceedings against the contemner. The Criminal Contempt is accordingly disposed of. (Nirmal Yadav, J.) (B.C.Kandpal,J.) 07-06-2010 SP