( 1 ) A highly vexed question whether a revision application under Section 397 of the Code of Criminal Procedure was (for short the code) lies before the High Court at Allahabad of its Bench at Lucknow is the subject matter of this designation. The complex question sometimes is the product of the vested interest. More often then not, the conflict of territorial jurisdiction is sharpened stark when the impugned order is passed, by a Court located in either of the twelve districts of Avadh. The controversy in turn involves interpretation in its true perspective, of the provisions of the United Provinces High Courts (Amalgamation) Order, 1948 (hereinafter referred to as the Amalgamation Order), particularly the provisions of clause 14. The complex question has travelled more than once up to the Apex Court. This question has again been raised before this Court in the following circumstances :

( 2 ) A devil daring and horrendous crime was committed in Ravindra Puri, Jawahar Nagar Extension, P. S. Bhelupur in Varanasi city, Nand Kumar Rungta, an affluent person of considerable means, was the victim of crime. He was abducted form his offence in Ravindrapur sometimes in the no