law: Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 
  14. Procedure where contempt is in the face of the Supreme
  
  Court or a High Court 
  (1) When it is alleged, or appears to the Supreme Court or the
  
  High Court upon its own view, that a person has been guilty of contempt
  
  committed in its presence or hearing, the court may cause such person to be
  
  detained in custody, and, at any time before the rising of the court, on the
  
  same day, or as early as possible thereafter, shall- 
  (a) cause him to be informed in writing of the
  
  contempt with which he is charged;
  (b) afford him an opportunity to make his
  
  defense to the charge;
  (c) after taking such evidence as may be
  
  necessary or as may be offered by such person and after hearing him, proceed,
  
  either forthwith or after adjournment; to determine the matter of the charge;
  
  and
  (d) make such order for the punishment or
  
  discharge of such person as may be just.
  (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where
  
  a person charged with contempt under that sub-section applies, whether orally
  
  or in writing, to have the charge against him tried by some judge other than
  
  the judge or judges in whose presence or hearing the offence is alleged to have
  
  been committed, and the court is of opinion that it is practicable to do so and
  
  that in the interests of proper administration of justice the application
  
  should be allowed, it shall cause the matter to be placed, together with a
  
  statement of the facts of the case, before the Chief justice for such
  
  directions as he may think fit to issue as respects the trial thereof.
  (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law, in any
  
  trial of a person charged with contempt under sub-section (1) which is held, in
  
  pursuance of a direction given under sub-section (2), by a judge other than the
  
  judge or judges in whose presence or hearing the offence is alleged to have
  
  been committed, it shall not be necessary for the judge or judges in whose
  
  presence or hearing the offence is alleged to have been committed to appear as
  
  a witness and the statement placed before the Chief justice under sub-section
  
  (2) shall be treated as evidence in the case.
  (4) Pending the determination of the charge, the court may
  
  direct that a person charged with contempt under this section shall be detained
  
  in such custody as it may specify:
  PROVIDED  that he shall be released on bail, if a bond
  
  for such sum of money as the court thinks sufficient is executed with or
  
  without sureties conditioned that the person charged shall attend at the time
  
  and place mentioned in the bond and shall continue to so attend until otherwise
  
  directed by the court:
  PROVIDED FURTHER  that the court may, if it thinks fit instead
  
  of taking bail from such person, discharge him on his executing a bond without
  
  sureties for his attendance as aforesaid.