Summarize the following court judgment. Criminal Appeal No. 149/1958. Appeal from the judgment and order dated October 27	 1958	 of the Allahabad High Court in Criminal Appeal No. 1154 of 1956. N. C. Chatterjee and R. L. Kohli	 for the appellant. G. C. Mathur and C. P. Lal	 for the respondent. September 27. The Judgment of the Court was delivered by RAGHUBAR DAYAL J. This is an appeal by Padam Sen and Shekbar Chand against the order of the Allahabad High Court dismissing their appeal against the order of the Special Judge	 Meerut	 convicting them of an offence under section 165 A of the Indian Penal Code. The High Court granted leave to appeal against its order. One Genda Mal	 father of Shekhar Chand	 appellant No. 2	 sued Mithan Lal and others in the Court of the Additional Munsif	 Ghaziabad	 for money on the basis of promissory notes executed by the defendants in his favour. The defendants apprehending that the plaintiff would fabricate his books of account with respect to payments made by them	 applied for the seizure of the account books of the plaintiff. The Additional Munsif	 by his order dated March 27	 1954	 appointed Sri Raghubir Pershad	 Vakil	 Commissioner to seize those books of account. The Commissioner accordingly seized those books and brought them to Ghaziabad. The appellants were convicted by the Special Judge under section 165 A of the Indian Penal Code for having offered bribe to the Commissioner for being allowed an opportunity to tamper with those books of account. Their conviction was upheld by the High Court. The two Courts below have found that the appellants went to the Commissioner 's Office on March 30	 1954	 and offered him Rs. 900 as bribe. The appellants do not challenge these findings of fact recorded by the Courts below. Their only contention is that 113 886 Sri Raghubir Pershad	 the Commissioner	 was not a public servant	 and therefore even on the basis of the findings of fact arrived at by the Courts below	 they did not commit any offence under section 165 A of the Indian Penal Code. It has been contended for the appellants that the appointment of Sri Raghubir Pershad as Commissioner was null and void as the Additional Munsif had no power to appoint a Commissioner for the purpose of seizing the account books of the plaintiff on an application b application by the defendants	 the power of a Civil Court to issue a commission being limited by the provisions of section 75 and Order XXVI of the Code of Civil Procedure (hereinafter called the Code)	 and the Court having no inherent power to appoint a Commissioner for any purpose not mentioned in section 75 and Order XXVI of the Code. On behalf of the State it is urged that the Court can appoint a Commissioner in the exercise of its inherent powers saved by section 151 of the Code for purposes which do not come within the provisions of section 75 and Order XXVI of the Code. It is further submitted for the State that even if the Additional Munsif had no power to appoint the Commissioner for seizing the books of account	 Sri Raghubir Pershad would be deemed to be a public servant in view of Explanation 2 to section 21 of the Indian Penal Code because he was in actual possession of the situation of a public servant for he acted as Commissioner and was recognized as such by the appellants and others connected with the civil suit. Section 75 of the Code empowers the Court to issue a commission	 subject to conditions and limitations which may be prescribed	 for four purposes	 viz.	 for examining any person	 for making a local investigation	 for examining or adjusting accounts and for making a partition. Order XXVI lays down rules relating to the issue of commissions and allied matters. Mr. Chatterjee	 learned counsel for the appellants	 has submitted that the powers of a Court must be found within the four corners of the Code and that when the Code has expressly dealt with the subject matter of commissions in section 75 the Court cannot 887 invoke its inherent powers under section 151 and thereby add to its powers. On the other hand	 it is submitted for the State	 that the Code is not exhaustive and the Court	 in the exercise of its inherent powers	 can adopt any procedure not prohibited by the Code expressly or by necessary implication if the Court considers it necessary	 for the ends of justice or to prevent abuse of the process of the Court. Section 151 of the Code reads: " Nothing in this Code shall be deemed to limit or otherwise affect the inherent powers of the Court to make such orders as may be necessary for the ends of justice or to prevent abuse of the process of the Court ". The inherent powers of the Court are in addition to the powers specifically conferred on the Court by the Code. They are complementary to those powers and therefore it must be held that the Court is free to exercise them for the puposes mentioned in section 151 of the Code when the exercise of those powers is not in any way in conflict with what has been expressly provided in the Code or against the intentions of the Legislature. It is also well recognized that the inherent power is not to be exercised in a manner which will be contrary to or different from the procedure expressly provided in the Code. The question for determination is whether the impugned order of the Additional Munsif appointing Sri Raghubir Pershad Commissioner for seizing the plaintiff 's books of account can be said to be an order which is passed by the Court in the exercise of its inherent powers. The inherent powers saved by section 151 of the Code are with respect to the procedure to be followed by the Court in deciding the cause before it. These powers are not powers over the substantive rights which any litigant possesses. Specific powers have to be conferred on the Courts for passing such orders which would affect such rights of a party. Such powers cannot come within the scope of inherent powers of the Court in the matters of procedure	 which powers have their source in the Court possessing all the essential powers to regulate its practice 888 and procedure. A party has full rights over its books of account. The Court has no inherent power forcibly to seize its property. If it does so	 it invades the private rights of the party. Specific procedure is laid down in the Code for getting the relevant documents or books in Court for the purpose of using them as evidence. A party is free to produce such documents or books in support of its case as be relevant. A party can ask the help of the Court to have produced in Court by the other party such documents as it would like to be used in evidence and are admitted by that party to be in its possession. If a party does not produce the documents it is lawfully called upon to produce	 the Court has the power to penalize it	 in accordance with the provisions of the Code. The Court has the further power to draw any presumption against such a party who does not produce the relevant document in its possession	 especially after it has been summoned from it. Even in such cases where the Court summons a document from a party	 the Court has not been given any power to get hold of the document forcibly from the possession of the defaulting party. The defendants had no rights to these account books. They could not lay any claim to them. They applied for the seizure of these books because they apprehended that the plaintiff might make such entries in those account books which could go against the case they were setting up in Court. The defendants ' request really amounted to the Court 's collecting documentary evidence which the defendants considered to be in their favour at that point of time. it is no business of the Court to collect evidence for a party or even to protect the rival party from the evil consequences of making forged entries in those ac. count books. If the plaintiff does forge entries and uses forged entries as evidence in the case	 the defendants would have ample opportunity to dispute those entries and to prove them forgeries. We are therefore of opinion that the Additional Munsif bad DO inherent power to pass the order appointing a Commissioner to seize the plaintiff 's 889 account books. The order appointing Sri Raghubir Pershad as Commissioner for this purpose was therefore an order passed without jurisdiction and was therefore a null and void order. Learned counsel for the State	 Mr. Mathur	 has submitted in the alternative that the impugned procedure adopted by the Additional Munsif comes within certain provisions of the Code and has referred to r. 5 of Order XXXVIII and rr. 1(b) and 7 of Order XXXIX and r. 1 of Order XL of the Code. We do not agree with this contention. The impugned order was not passed under any of these provisions. It was clearly an order which the Additional Munsif purported to pass in the exercise of the inherent powers of the Court. The order was: " It is strange that an application of this kind has been made at this late stage	 after over 2 years. However	 in the interests of justice	 issue commission to Sri Raghubir Pershad. Ho must go and recover Bahi Khatas for the year 1951 from the plaintiff and produce the same in Court. Fees Rs. 20	 plus T. A. Report within six days. Costs of the commission will not be taxed. " Further	 the provisions of r. 5 of Order XXXVIII are to prevent a decree that may be passed being rendered infructuous and r. 1(b) of Order XXXIX is applicable where the defendant threatens to dispose of his property to defraud creditors. None of these provisions has any application to the facts of the present case. Rule 7 of Order XXXIX empowers the Court	 on the application of any party to a suit	 to make an order for the detention	 preservation or inspection of any property which is the subject matter of such suit or as to which any question may arise therein. The account books of the plaintiffs were not ' property ' which were the subject matter of the suit nor such that about them a question could arise in the suit. The account books could	 at best	 have been piece of evidence	 if the plaintiff or the defendant had cared to rely on them. We therefore hold that the Additional Munsif had no power under the Code to appoint the Commissioner for seizing the plaintiff 's books of account. 890 Lastly it was urged for the State that even if the appointment of Sri Raghubir Pershad as Commissioner was null and void as the Additional Munsif had no jurisdiction to appoint a Commissioner for seizing the account books of the plaintiff	 Sri Raghubir Pershad should be treated to be a 'public servant ' in view of Explanation 2 to section 21 of the Indian Penal Code. It has not been disputed for the appellant that if the appointment Of Sri Raghubir Pershad as Commissioner bad been valid	 he would have been a public servant in view of the Fourth Clause to section 21 of the Indian Penal Code. Explanation 2 to section 21 reads: "Wherever the words 'public servant ' occur	 they shall be understood of every person who is in actual possession of the situation of a public servant	 whatever legal defect there may be in his right to hold that situation. " The contention for the State is that though there was a legal defect in Sri Raghubir Pershad 's appointment as Commissioner on account of the Additional Munsif having no power to appoint a Commissioner for the purpose of seizing the plaintiff 's books of account	 that will not affect his being a public servant as he was in actual possession of the situation of a public servant. We do not agree with this contention	 and are of opinion that the Explanation applies only when there be a post in existence. The Explanation does not apply when there is no pre existing post or when the person appointing has no authority to appoint. The word 'situation ' according to Webster 's New International Dictionary of the English Language	 means: position or place of employment	 place	 office; as a situation in a store. The apposite meaning for the purposes of this Explanation would be 'office '. 'Office ' again	 according to the same Dictionary	 means a special duty	 trust	 charge or position	 conferred by an exercise of governmental authority and for a public purpose ; a position of trust or authority conferred by an act of governmental power ; a right to exercise a public function or employment and receive the emoluments (if any) thereto belonging; as	 an executive or judicial office. . In a wider sense	 any position or place in the employment of the 891 government	 especially one of trust or authority. The Dictionary further notes the differences in the con. notations of the various words office	 post	 appointment	 situation and place and says: Office commonly suggests a position of (especially public) trust or authority ; and situation emphasizes the idea of employment	 especially in a subordinate position; as	 to seek a situation as governess	 as private secretary. It is therefore clear that it is necessary for the application of this Explanation that the person concerned should be in actual possession of the pre existing office of a public servant. If there be no office or post	 there could be no question of any person 's being in actual possession thereof	 and of the person concerned coming within the terms of this Explanation. There was no post or office of a Commissioner in existence. All that happened here was that Sri Raghubir Pershad was authorized to seize and keep certain documents in his possession. In the present case there was neither any existing office of Commissioner	 nor the Additional Munsif had power to appoint Sri Raghubir Pershad as Commissioner for the purpose of seizing the plaintiff 's account books and therefore this Explanation does not apply to the appointment of Sri Raghubir Pershad as Commissioner. It follows	 there. fore	 that Sri Raghubir Persbad cannot be held to be a public servant. We therefore accept the contention for the appellants and hold that Sri Raghubir Pershad was not a public servant and that therefore the appellants did not commit any offence under section 165 A of the Indian Penal Code by their offering him money in order to have an opportunity to tamper with the books of account which were in his custody. We therefore allow the appeal	 set aside the order of the Court below and acquit the appellants of the offence under section 165 A and direct that the fine	 if paid	 be refunded. The appellants are on bail and therefore the bail bonds will be cancelled. Appeal allowed.

A Munsif appointed one R as a commissioner for seizing the account books of the plaintiff in a suit and to produce them before him. R seized the account books	 and while they were still in his possession the appellants offered a bribe to R for being allowed to tamper with them. The appellants were tried and convicted under section 165 A of the Indian Penal Code. The appellants contended that the Munsif had no jurisdiction to appoint a commissioner for seizing account books	 that the appointment of R as a commissioner was null and void and that consequently R was not a public servant and the appellants committed no offence in offering him a bribe. The respondent urged that the Munsif had jurisdiction under his inherent powers under section 151	 Code of Civil Procedure	 to appoint the commissioner and that in any case as R was in actual possession of the situation of a public servant within Explanation 2 to section 21 Of the Indian Penal Code	 he would be deemed to be a public servant. Held	 that R was not a public servant and the appellants did not commit any offence under section 165 A of the Penal Code by offering him a bribe. The Munsif had no inherent powers to appoint a commissioner to seize account books and his order was null and void. The inherent powers under section 151	 Code of Civil Procedure	 were with respect to the procedure to be followed by a Court in deciding the cause before it; such powers did not extend over the substantive rights of litigants. A party had full rights over his account books and the Court had no inherent power to forcibly seize his property. Explanation 2 to section 21	 Indian Penal Code	 applied only to a person actually in possession of a pre existing office of a public servant. In the present case there was no post or office of a commissioner in existence which could be said to have been occupied by R. His appointment being without jurisdiction R could not be deemed to be a public servant. 885