Modi, J.—This is a revision by the petitioners Abdul Sattar and Abdul Rehman against an order of the Munsiff City Jodhpur dated the 15th September, 1958, in a proceeding under sec. 146 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which raises an interesting question as to the interpretation of the words "a civil court of competent jurisdiction" occurring in that section.

2. Only a few facts need be mentioned to bring out the controversy which has arisen in this case. The petitioners have instituted an application under Sec. 145 Cr. P.C. against the opposite parties with respect to a certain plot of open land lying outside the Siwanchi gate in the city of Jodhpur. This application was filed in the court of the City Magistrate Jodhpur (No. I). As the learned Magistrate did not find himself in a position to decide as to which of the contending parties was in possession of the land in dispute at the date of the preliminary order, he referred the question of possession for determination to the Munsiff, Jodhpur City, under sub-sec.(l) of sec. 146. It appears that after some evidence was recorded before the Munsiff, an objection was raised before him that as the valuation of the land was more than t

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