India, April 22 -- A man threatened, verbally abused and threw an object at a Delhi court judge inside a courtroom after being found guilty in a cheque bounce case earlier this month.

Raj Singh, a resident of Dwarka, was being tried under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act in a Dwarka court on April 2 after a cheque he issued were not honoured by his bank. Judge Shivangi Mangla found him guilty of the charges and scheduled a hearing for April 5 to decide the quantum of punishment.

An angry Singh threatened the judge of consequences if she did not acquit him in the case. In her order on April 2, the judicial officer recorded how Singh, along with his lawyer, threatened her of dire consequences and said they would even file a c...