New Delhi, June 10 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday took serious exception to the constant threats and attacks faced by former Bombay high court judge, justice (retd) Gautam Patel and his family observing that no judge can pass any judgment if they are openly threatened for their verdicts. A bench of justices Satish Chandra Sharma and Sanjeev Sachdeva said, "We read in the newspapers that judges who are passing judgments are facing threats. No judge can pass any judgment this way." The court passed the observation while hearing a bail plea by a habitual offender who attacked the residence of a district judge in Madhya Pradesh's Anuppur district for denying him bail in a separate criminal case. The top court referred to the news report showing how the former high court judge's daughter and her family in London have been threatened and even attacked over a judgment delivered by justice Patil in 2024. HT first reported the matter on Monday highlighting the series of threats received by the judge's family, the latest being on June 5. The 2024 judgment dealt with succession in the Dawoodi Bohra community. The judgment declared Syedna Muffadal Saifuddin as the rightful claimant to the position of the Dai-al-Mutlaq (spiritual head) of the community after the death of his father Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin in 2014. Syedna's claim to be the spiritual head was opposed by Syedna Taher Fakhruddin, the son of Syedna's half-brother Khuzaima Qutubudin. The threat received by justice Patel's family required him to make a YouTube video recanting his judgment . As the judge did not yield to these demands, in April, the judge's daughter was assaulted in London. She received another threat through a letter on June 5 . The threats began in September, when the judge's wife in Mumbai and daughter in London received similar letters. The UK police is investigating the threats to the daughter and treating the attack on her as a terrorist incident. On Tuesday, the apex court said: "The daughter or the grandchild of the retired judge have not done anything." In the specific case it was hearing, it directed the accused Priyanshu Singh to withdraw and file a fresh bail plea before the Madhya Pradesh high court....