MEGH RAJ Vs. DEV KUMAR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) CRIMINAL Misc. No. 622-M of 1983 preferred under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, the Code) is directed against the order made by the Additional Sessions Judge, Patiala, on 23rd October, 1981, by which he disposed of Criminal Revision No. 60 of 1981. The disposal by the Additional Sessions Judge was of a criminal revision petition within the purview of Section 397 of the Code.

(2.) AT the outset, the learned counsel for the respondents in this petition, has raised a preliminary objection that the present petition is not competent in view of the provisions of Section 397(3) of the Code, the relevant provision reads as under :-

(3.) THE learned counsel for the petitioner has, however urged with great ability that there is no limitation in Section 482 of the Code prohibiting the exercise of that jurisdiction against any order which may have been passed under the Code; Section 482 of the Code is in the following terms;