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 "summary": "The Supreme Court dismissed the appeals of nine Bihar police personnel convicted of criminal contempt for a pre-planned attack on the 1st Additional District and Sessions Judge, Bhagalpur, in his courtroom and chambers on 18 November 1997. The Court held the assault, triggered by contempt proceedings against an IO who had repeatedly disobeyed court process, was proved against the appellants and rejected their pleas on cognizance, proof and natural justice. It sustained the Patna High Court's sentences of three months' simple imprisonment for ring leader Inspector and two months each for the other eight. The appellants on bail were ordered to surrender forthwith, with the DGP Bihar directed to secure compliance. Matters not addressed in the cited judgment text are not recorded here.",
 "summary_verified": "The Supreme Court dismissed the appeals of nine Bihar police personnel convicted of criminal contempt for a pre-planned attack on the 1st Additional District and Sessions Judge, Bhagalpur, in his courtroom and chambers on 18 November 1997. The Court held the assault, triggered by contempt proceedings against an IO who had repeatedly disobeyed court process, was proved against the appellants and rejected their pleas on cognizance, proof and natural justice. It sustained the Patna High Court's sentences of three months' simple imprisonment for ring leader Inspector and two months each for the other eight. The appellants on bail were ordered to surrender forthwith, with the DGP Bihar directed to secure compliance.",
 "court_quote": "The instant criminal appeals arising from a common judgment relating to the same incident, depict a rare, unfortunate and condemnable act of the police officials who contrary to the duty enjoined upon them to protect and maintain law and order, indulged in the act of attacking in a pre-planned and calculated manner a Bhagalpur man, Ist Additional District and Sessions Judge, in his court room and Chambers on 18th November, 1997 at Bhagalpur in the State of Bihar.",
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