Vishnu Bagaraia (42) sprinkled some combustible material over himself in the court premises when District Judge K D Bhatt turned down his revision petition challenging his two-month incarceration in a gambling case, police said.
Bagaria, a labourer, was rushed to a hospital here from where he was referred to Dehradun's Doon hospital with 90 per cent burns, they said, adding his condition was stated to be critical.