not a judicial act although exercised during the Judicial proceedings
in Sailajanand Pande vs Suresh Chandra Gupta AIR 1969 Pat 194 it is ruled as under; A] Action against Judicial Officer causing illegal arrest – Magistrate acting illegally and without jurisdiction in the matter of arrest is not protected – Magistrate has no absolute protection regard to his act of illegal arrest. B] First class Magistrate issued letter to appear and directed to show cause against prosecution on the petition filed by another person – When petitioner appeared he was detained to custody – The bail bond furnished by the petitioner were rejected by the Magistrate deliberately – Petitioner claimed that due to such illegal, unauthorized and malafide conduct of the Magistrate in arresting him, he has lowered in the estimation of the public and claimed for the damage – The action of the Magistrate by putting the petitioner under arrest for realinsing the certificate dues by adopting questionable and unlawful method is highly deplorable – It was unbecoming of a Magistrate – It is relevant to investigate to find out the motive, the propriety and the legality of the action of the Magistrate in arresting the petitioner – It is not a judicial act although exercised during the Judicial proceedings – The Magistrate exercised its power with the ulterior object of coercing the petitioner.