ABDUL WAHID Vs. TRIBHUWAN PATI

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS is a plaintiff's ap peal arising out of a suit for 'compensation for false imprisonment.

(2.) PLAINTIFF 's case was that the de fendants, one of whom was the Tahsil Baqi Amin and the other Collection Amin, forcib ly took him inside the Tahsil, kept him con fined there on the plea that he was in arrears of land revenue and abused him. The plain tiff also pleaded that he was in arrears of revenue. The defendants' case was that they did not use any force or abusive language as alleged by the plaintiff and that the plain tiff had voluntarily gone to the Tahsil and stayed there while he was questioned about the payment of revenue.

(3.) LEARNED counsel for the respon dents, who are in this case being defended by the State, raised a preliminary ground that the suit was barred by limitation. Ac cording to him Art. 2 of the Limitation Act was applicable. Article 2 runs as under: