Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 340

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973—Section 340—East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, Section 13—Complaint under Section 340 Cr.P.C. by Rent Controller—Whether maintainable?—Held, though the Rent Controller discharges quasi-judicial functions, he is not a Court, as understood in the conventional sense and he cannot, therefore, make a complaint under Section 340 Cr.P.C.—Consequently, as rightly held by the High Court, a complaint could be made by a private party in the proceedings.

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