Section 384.   Procedure in certain cases of contempt.

(1) When any such offence as is described in section 209, section 211,
section 212, section 213 or section 265 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 is committed in
the view or presence of any Civil, Criminal, or Revenue Court, the Court may cause the
offender to be detained in custody, and may, at any time before the rising of the Court or the
same day, take cognizance of the offence and, after giving the offender a reasonable
opportunity of showing cause why he should not be punished under this section, sentence
the offender to fine not exceeding one thousand rupees, and, in default of payment of fine,
to simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, unless such fine be
sooner paid.
(2) In every such case the Court shall record the fact constituting the offence, with
the statement (if any) made by the offender, as well as the finding and sentence.
(3) If the offence is under section 265 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the record
shall show the nature and stage of the judicial proceeding in which the Court interrupted or
insulted was sitting, and the nature of the interruption or insult.