proceeding under Contempt are criminal offence as per section 41 of Indian Penal Code.

it is settled law laid down by the Three-Judge Bench in Hari Das v. State of W.B., (1964) 7 SCR 237 that the proceeding under Contempt are criminal offence as per section 41 of Indian Penal Code. 13.8. It is further settled that the order passed in contempt should be treated as order passed in a Criminal case. The Appeal against order passed by a Court has to be decided as per well known principles on which appeal in a Criminal case is decided. [Andre Paul Terence Ambard v. Attorney-General of Trinidad and Tobago, 1936 SCC OnLine PC 15, Sukhdev Singh Sodhi v. Chief Justice S. Teja Singh, 1954 SCR 454, Sahdeo v. State of U.P., (2010) 3 SCC 705, P. Mohanraj v. Shah Bros. Ispat (P) Ltd., (2021) 6 SCC 258