DALAL
Dulichand – Appellant
Versus
Emperor – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Dalal, J. - Dr. Katju desired to induce the Court to interfere with a finding of fact of the Magistrate that a particular brick-kiln started by the applicant was a public nuisance in the place where it was started Reference was made to Bench ruling of this Court in the case of Behari Lal v. James Mac Lean Dean AIR 1924 All. 392 to induce me to examine the evidence recorded by the Magistrate and pronounce independently whether the brick-kiln was a nuisance or not. The case cited was a case in second appeal where the provisions of law applicable are different from the provisions applicable to a revision under the Criminal Procedure Code. It was alleged that once the brick-kiln is stopped Duli Chand will have no remedy in the civil Court. If this were really the case I would have been prepared to inquire into the facts. Reference was made to para. 2, Section 133, Criminal P.C. That prevents the civil Court from questioning the order duly made by a Magistrate u/s 133 which empowers the Magistrate to pass a conditional order. There is no such bar to the absolute order of a Magistrate being questioned in a civil Court. A similar clause does not appear in Section 140 which deals w
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