Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:78655 Court No. - 1 Case :- CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 2250 of 2025 Applicant :- Santosh Rai And Another Opposite Party :- Shri Mridul Chaudhary, District Magistrate Counsel for Applicant :- Saurabh Chaturvedi Hon'ble Salil Kumar Rai,J. The present application has been filed pleading willful disobedience of the order dated 09.05.2019 passed by this Court in Criminal Appeal No. 2350 of 2024 whereby this Court had stayed the operation of the order dated 23.12.2022 passed by the District Magistrate, Jhansi in exercise of his powers under Section 14 (1) of the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters And Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986. It has been stated that an order dated 28.06.2024 has been passed by the Collector, Jhansi again under Section 14 (1) of the Act, 1986 releasing only the residential property of the applicants. It has been argued that the aforesaid is in disobedience of the order passed by the Writ Court. The order dated 28.06.2024 has been passed in exercise of power under Section 14 (1) of the Act, 1986. Only the residential accommodation of the applicants has been released after the applicants withdrew the application for release of their attached properties. In view of the aforesaid, no willful disobedience of any order can be imputed to the District Magistrate, Jhansi. It is not a case to register proceedings under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. The application is dismissed. Order Date :- 14.5.2025 Vipasha Digitally signed by :- VIPASHA MUKHERJEE High Court of Judicature at Allahabad