JUDGMENT -V.P. TIPNIS, J.:---By an order dated 27th February, 1992 the learned Judge of the Court of Small Causes, Bombay, made the notice partly absolute holding the petitioner guilty of flouting the order of injunction and also passed an order directing the petitioner to be detained in civil prison for a period of one month under the provisions of Order 39, Rule 2-A of the Code of Civil Procedure.

2. Being aggrieved by the said order the petitioner preferred an appeal being Appeal No. 180 of 1992 to the Appellate Bench of the Court of Small Causes, Bombay. The Appellate Bench by its judgment and order dated 4th August, 1993 held that the appeal was not maintainable and on that ground summarily dismissed the appeal.

3. The said order of dismissal of the appeal is impugned in this petition.

4. Shri Shah, learned Counsel appearing for the petitioner contended that under the substantive provisions of section 104 of the Civil Procedure Code, an appeal is clearly maintainable and the Appellate Bench of the Court of Small Causes was obviously wrong in dismissing the appeal as not maintainable.

5. The Appellate Bench has held that inasmuch as the High Court at Bombay has amended and substituted clause (r) of Order 43, Rule 1 of the Code, appeal is obviously not provided.

6. Undoubtedly so far as the provisions of Order 43 are concerned no appeal is provided under the said provision in its application to the State of Maharashtra. However, substantive provisions of the Code applicable to the case is section 104 of the Code. Sections 104, 105 and 106 fall under title "Appeals from Orders". The provisions are as under:

"104- An appeal shall lie from the following orders, and save as otherwise expressly provided in the body of this Code or by any law for the time being in force from no other orders:

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(h) an order under any of the provisions of this Code imposing a fine or directing the arrest or detention in the civil prison of any person except where such arrest or detention is in excution of a decree.

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7. From the bare reading of the aforesaid section 104 of the Code there can be no manner of doubt that it provides for appeal where the order directs a detention in civil prison of any person except where the detention is in execution of a decree. Admittedly in the present case the detention is not in execution of a decree but is an order under the provisions of Order 39, Rule 2-A of the Code. My attention was drawn to the reported decision of the learned Single Judge of this Court in the matter of (Dry Chillies Brokers Association v. Dnyaneshwar Chamat others)1, 1992 Mah.L.J. 1503 Undoubtedly the learned Single Judge has held that the order passed under Order 39, Rule 2-A is not appealable. However, after reading the entire judgment carefully it is clear that the learned Judge has considered the provisions only of Order 43, Rule 1(r) of the Code as applicable to the State of Maharashtra. In the entire body of the judgment there is no reference to the substantive provisions of section 104 of the Code which specifically provides for appeal where the person is directed to be detained in civil prison. This section was not brought to the notice of the learned Single Judge.

8. The Division Bench of Allahabad High Court in the matter of (Suresh Dutta Singh and another v. Randhir Singh and another)2, A.I.R. 1958 All. 641, has dealt with identical situation. It is specifically held therein that even apart from Order 41, Rule 1, a right of appeal from orders is provided for by section 104 of the Code and this right has not been curtailed by Order 43 of the Code. The language of section 104 is quite clear and it gives a right of appeal from an order under any of the provisions of the Code directing the arrest or detention in the civil prison of any person except where such arrest or detention is in execution of a decree. The Division Bench has also held that an order of detention of a person in civil prison for breach of an ord

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