Dispossessed
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Dispossessed, the word 'dispossessed' in the second proviso means to be out of possession, removed from the premises, ousted, ejected or excluded. Even where a person has a right to possession but taking the law into his hands make' a forcible entry otherwise than in due course of law, it would be a case of both forcible and wrongful dispossession, R.H. Bhutani v. Man J. Desai, AIR 1968 SC 1444 (1449). [Criminal Procedure Code (1898), s. 145(4) and Proviso 2 and, (6)]
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