Mumbai: Man fined Rs 10,000 for calling magistrate ‘a cheater person’ | Mumbai News – Times of India

MUMBAI: A sessions court has slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on an accused in a molestation case who in his plea against a magistrate’s court order wrote, “God knows or heaven knows who has appointed such a cheater person as Magistrate.” Taking a stern view against the wordings, the sessions court said that the word “cheater person” is intentionally underlined and that use of such derogatory language against the trial court necessitates a stringent view. “I am of the view that the applicant in person is required to be saddled with such exemplary costs,” Judge AA Joglekar said last week.
Dismissing nine other such pleas of the accused, the judge imposed costs of Rs 10,000 for each of them. The accused will have to pay Rs one lakh, to the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA). The accused is facing a trial before the Bhoiwada magistrate’s court.
The accused took exception to the manner in which the magistrate had noted the day’s proceedings regarding a witness’s evidence on November 8, 2021. The magistrate had also made adverse observations about the conduct of the accused. Aggrieved, the accused moved the sessions court in 2022 against the magistrate’s nothings. Before the sessions court, the accused appeared in person and submitted that the magistrate made false allegations by taking advantage of the circumstances in the case and his position. He further alleged that on November 8, 2021, he urged the magistrate to adjourn the matter but he refused to do so and also used abusive language. The accused also submitted that the magistrate did not upload the detailed order. Hence, the accused prayed for setting aside and quashing the order dated November 8, 2021. The prosecution denied the allegations and also submitted that the revision application moved by the accused is highly contemptuous. The sessions court judge said that the reversion application of the accused was not maintainable as the contents of the day’s proceedings from the magistrate court did not reveal any order.