India, Aug. 3 -- Days after four undertrials were held guilty of contempt of court and given a bizarre punishment of standing with their hands raised in the air, a sessions court has called the action illegal, asking the magistrate to first understand legal provisions before using its discretionary powers.

Additional sessions judge Anju Bajaj Chandna of Dwarka court passed the order on Friday. The judge set aside the July 15 order passed by judicial magistrate first class Saurabh Goyal.

Magistrate Goyal, who was presiding over a complaint case of alleged land grab and forgery in Dwarka's Palam village, had held the four guilty of contempt of court for wasting the court's time and causing delay in payment of bail bonds. The judge made th...