The petitioner herein is the 12th defendant in O.S No.518/1994 before the Munsiff's Court, Irinjalakkuda. During the proceeding he filed an application under Section 340 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for enquiry and action against the plaintiff and the other defendants. After enquiry, the learned Munsiff rejected the application and also directed the petitioner to pay a cost of 1,000/- to the respondents therein, under Section 342 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Aggrieved by the said order, the petitioner preferred a Criminal Appeal before the Court of Session, Thrissur as Crl.A No.82/2014. At the initial stage nobody noticed that such an appeal is not maintainable. Section 341 of the Code of Criminal Procedure provides that any person aggrieved by an order under Section 340 of the Code of Criminal Procedure will have to file appeal to the court to which the court that passed orders is subordinate within the meaning of Sub Section 4 of Section 195 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. This material aspect was found out by the learned Additional Session Judge, Thrissur when the appeal came up for hearing. Finding that Criminal Appeal is not maintainable against an order