In her contempt petition, Kohli said that on the date of sentencing, the CMM Court was jam-packed with lawyers shouting slogans that Khosla’s conviction order was passed under pressure from the victim.
What was more alarming was the fact that this happened in the presence of two district judges, Kohli claimed.
“…all this was happening in the presence of 2 District Judges who happened to be visible on the VC Camera, and seen and heard by the complainant herself. What is most outrageous, and out of the ordinary, was that, the two ld. District Judges were compelled to come to the Dias of ld. CMM, and to remain there throughout, for almost the whole of the proceedings till they had to be adjourned. That, the two District Judges were even compelled to address the convict and his supporters throughout as· “Khoslajee” & “Gupta jee”, “please”, “Please”, “what about your assurance to maintain law and order!” and this, with, both of the District Judges, one to the right, and one to the left, of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, and with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate sitting in between, presiding over his own court! It was as if the two District Judges had literally taken over the court of Ld. CMM.”
The plea stated that it was almost as if the CMM and the two district judges were beseeching and begging the mob to let the proceedings of the Court continue.
“All went in vain and matter ultimately, after about 1 and a half hour of this din and noise, and after a literal begging from the two District Judges, ended in an adjournment. The complainant who had been directed to join through V.C. and advised by District Judge HQ and rightly so, to avoid physical hearing, watched all this show of unbridled power of the convict, a Bar Leader and his supporters, over a court of law. They held the entire court proceedings to a ransom, where two District Judges, including District Judge HQ himself had to stand on the Dias of the Court of CMM and go on beseeching the convict as “ji”, and almost beg his supporters, to let the CMM dictate the order sheet ‘at least’.”
Source: Barandbench
