Gangadhar Singh And Ors. vs Shyam Sunder Singh on 21 March, 1958
5. As already pointed out, the first proceeding under Section 145 Cr. P. C. was started only on 25-8-1954 in respect of 14.28 acres of the Sir lands and the next proceeding in respect of the remaining lands was initiated on 25-10-1954. The dispossession of the plots mentioned above had taken place more than two months prior to the commencement even of the first proceeding under Section 145 Cr. P. C. On behalf of the petitioners it was urged before the Magistrate that they should be held to have been in possession of Bundhan Duli, Dersa Uper three duli and Jhua Bhag lands by virtue of the second proviso to Sub-section (4) of Section 145, Cr. P. C.
The learned Magistrate relying on a decision of Panigrahi C. J. in Subarna v. Kartika, AIR 1954 Ori 183 (A), which held that inasmuch as the opposite party had applied to the Magistrate for preventive action as early as 21-6-1954, the delay on the part of the Magistrate in initiating a proceeding under Section 145 Cr. P. C. till 25-8-1954 should not adversely affect his right and that "the date of the order" for the purpose of computing the period of two months under the aforesaid proviso to Sub-section (4) of Section 145, Cr. P. C. should be the date on which the opposite party approached the Sub-divisional Magistrate, namely 21-6-1954, and not the actual date on which the proceeding was initiated.