{"id":98566,"date":"1915-04-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1915-04-21T18:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/in-re-ranga-gownden-and-ors-vs-unknown-on-22-april-1915"},"modified":"2016-09-25T16:52:08","modified_gmt":"2016-09-25T11:22:08","slug":"in-re-ranga-gownden-and-ors-vs-unknown-on-22-april-1915","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/in-re-ranga-gownden-and-ors-vs-unknown-on-22-april-1915","title":{"rendered":"In Re: Ranga Gownden And Ors. vs Unknown on 22 April, 1915"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Madras High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">In Re: Ranga Gownden And Ors. vs Unknown on 22 April, 1915<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: 30 Ind Cas 748<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Spencer<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: Spencer<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>ORDER<\/p>\n<p> Spencer, J.<\/p>\n<p>1. It is contended that because the lower Appellate Court observed in the judgment, &#8220;with regard to possession the balance of evidence appears to be in favour of the appellants,&#8221; this was tantamount to a finding that the appellants were in possession at the date of the offence. I think the Deputy Magistrate was possibly referring only to the probability of the crop having been grown by the appellants.\n<\/p>\n<p>2. It is unquestionable that when the appellants came in an armed body and attempted to prevent the respondents&#8217; party from cutting and carrying away the produce, actual possession must have been with the respondents party. In this respect the facts differ form those to which the law as to the right of persons in possession to maintain their actual enjoyment undisturbed was applied int the decisions reported as Ram Khelawan Singh v. Emperor 3 Ind. Cas. 96 : 36 C. 827 : 13 C.W.N. 827 : 10 Cr. L.J. 245 and Silajit Mahoto v. Emperor 4 Ind. Cas. 19 : 36 C. 865 : 13 C.W.N. 801 : 10 Cr. L.J. 471. The view taken by the Sub-Magistrate in paragraph No. 10 of his judgment is sound and the convictions so far as they have been upheld in appeal were correct.\n<\/p>\n<p>3. The order of the Appellate Court requiring the appellants to give security for keeping the peace appears to be now unnecessary, since place in enjoyment of the land. I direct it to be set aside. In other respect the petition is dismissed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madras High Court In Re: Ranga Gownden And Ors. vs Unknown on 22 April, 1915 Equivalent citations: 30 Ind Cas 748 Author: Spencer Bench: Spencer ORDER Spencer, J. 1. 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