Archive · 16 Dec 2025
Karnataka HC sentences ex-astrophysics employee for contempt
A man who used to work at a place that studies stars and space in Bengaluru got in trouble.
He said bad things about judges and other important people, like fixing cases.
The court said he did something very wrong and gave him a punishment of four months in jail.
The judges said he didn't have any good reason for what he did and that his words were mean and not true.
He was trying to say he was telling the truth about wrong things, but the court didn't believe him.
A former employee of Bengaluru’s Institute of Astrophysics was sentenced to four months' imprisonment for criminal contempt.
He made scurrilous statements against judges of the Karnataka High Court and others.
The court found no mitigating circumstances for his actions.
The accused claimed to be a whistleblower but was found to have made baseless statements.
The order was passed by Justices Anu Sivaraman and Vijaykumar Patil on December 11.
- Who
- A former employee of Bengaluru’s Institute of Astrophysics
- What
- Was sentenced to four months' simple imprisonment for criminal contempt
- When
- The order was passed on December 11
- Where
- Karnataka High Court
- Why
- For making scurrilous statements against judges and others
- Accused
- Former employee of Bengaluru’s Institute of Astrophysics
- Allegations
- Case fixing against judges, Central Administrative Tribunal members, police, and others
- Sentence
- 4 months' simple imprisonment
- Court
- Karnataka High Court
- Judges
- Justices Anu Sivaraman and Vijaykumar Patil
- Date of Order
- December 11