New Delhi, Oct. 30 -- The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sentenced a man to one month's imprisonment for contempt of court after he brandished a pistol during an inspection conducted by a court-appointed local commissioner.

A bench of justices Prathiba M Singh and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta passed the order while hearing a suo motu criminal contempt case against the man, Nitin Bansal.

The proceedings stemmed from a petition seeking to restrain Nitin's father, Ashok Bansal, from disposing of 30,000 tonnes of industrial coal material. In July last year, the high court had appointed a local commissioner to inspect the premises after the petitioner alleged that Ashok Bansal had violated the court's May 31 order restraining him from dealing with th...