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17. Apparently, the respondent (tenant's son) offended by the delivery of possession to the owner of the property, filed the complaint only to wreak vengeance, with oblique motive. If the respondent or his father was aggrieved with the order of ejectment and execution of warrants of possession, the appropriate remedy was to have challenged the same before the competent Court of jurisdiction. The validity, genuineness or otherwise of the execution of warrants of possession cannot be gone into by the criminal court. The dispute within the domain of the Civil Court has been given a colour of criminal offence. The matter which essentially involves the dispute of a civil nature cannot legally be allowed to become subject matter of criminal proceedings.