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1919 DIGILAW 53 (MAD)

In Re: Padmanabha Hebbara v. Unknown

1919-02-17

J.WALLIS

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JUDGMENT John Wallis, C.J. 1. In this case the facts first came to the notice of the Court after the judicial proceeding before it had terminated, but that I think is not enough to take the case out of the authority of the Full Bench decision of five Judges in Aiyakannu Pillai v. Emperor (1908) I.L.R. 32 Mad. 49 at page 54 which confirmed the earlier ruling in Rahimadulla Sahib v. Emperor (1907) I.L.R. 31 Mad. 140 at page 146. I would answer the question in the negative. Ayling, J. 2. If the matter were res Integra, I should concur in the view expressed by Miller, J. in Rahimadulla Sahib v. Emperor (1907) I.L.R. 31 Mad. 140 at page 146, and Aiyakannu Pillai v. Emperor (1908) I.L.R. 32 Mad. 49 at page 54. But, sitting as a member of the present Bench, I feel bound by the opinion of the Full Bench of five Judges in the last named case. I do not think the order in the present case can be treated as a valid one within the spirit of these rulings. 3. I therefore agree to the answer proposed. Kumaraswami Sastri, J. 4. I agree with my Lord and would add that in cases like the present it is open to the Court to act under Section 195 of the Criminal Procedure Code and direct an officer to file a complaint.