Inherent powers cannot be used to bypass the bar on a second revision under criminal procedure law.

The statutory bar on a second revision under the Code of Criminal Procedure cannot be bypassed by describing the application as one under inherent powers. Where the substance of the proceeding is a further challenge to an order already dealt with in revision, the High Court has no jurisdiction to entertain it under Section 482. Inherent powers cannot be used to defeat an express prohibition in the Code. The High Court's order was set aside and the Magistrate's order, as affirmed in revision, was restored.

---

---

Issues: Whether the High Court could entertain, under its inherent powers, a challenge that was in substance a second revision barred by Section 397(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

Analysis: The statutory bar against a second revision cannot be avoided merely by labelling the proceeding as one under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Where the substance of the application is a revision against an order already dealt with in revision, the High Court lacks jurisdiction to entertain it. Inherent powers cannot be used to circumvent an express prohibition contained in the Code.

Conclusion: The High Court's order was without jurisdiction and was set aside; the order of the Magistrate, as affirmed by the Sessions Judge, was restored.

Ratio Decidendi: A proceeding that is in substance a second revision barred by Section 397(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 cannot be entertained by invoking Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to defeat the statutory prohibition.

---