<p>The high court on Tuesday sentenced Sunil H B, a sub-inspector at Kaggalipura police station, to one-month imprisonment and fined him Rs 2,000 for disrespecting its orders.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A division bench of Justices Ravi Malimath and John Michael Cunha passed the order while hearing a contempt of court petition filed by the high court registrar general against Sunil. In 2016, he had refused to accept the bail copy issued by a court to release an accused in the criminal case. He even threw the order saying he has seen many of them. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Later in the day, however, he completed the formalities and released the accused. The lawyer for the accused filed a contempt of case against Sunil in the sessions court.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The case was transferred to the high court, which took up a suo motu contempt of court case against the sub-inspector.</p>.<p class="bodytext">DH News Service</p>
<p>The high court on Tuesday sentenced Sunil H B, a sub-inspector at Kaggalipura police station, to one-month imprisonment and fined him Rs 2,000 for disrespecting its orders.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A division bench of Justices Ravi Malimath and John Michael Cunha passed the order while hearing a contempt of court petition filed by the high court registrar general against Sunil. In 2016, he had refused to accept the bail copy issued by a court to release an accused in the criminal case. He even threw the order saying he has seen many of them. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Later in the day, however, he completed the formalities and released the accused. The lawyer for the accused filed a contempt of case against Sunil in the sessions court.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The case was transferred to the high court, which took up a suo motu contempt of court case against the sub-inspector.</p>.<p class="bodytext">DH News Service</p>
