Debabrata Bandopadhyay vs The State Of West Bengal & Anr on 2 July, 1968
29. This Court in the case of Debabrata Bandopadhyay and
others vs. The State of West Bengal and another reported
in AIR 1969 SC 189, observed "an apology must be offered
and that too clearly and at the earliest opportunity. A
person who offers a belated apology runs the risk that
it may not be accepted for such an apology hardly shows
the contrition which is the essence of the purging of a
contempt" (See para 7 page 193 of the report).