Court : Gujarat
Reported in : 1953CriLJ1247
Shah, C.J.1. This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by the petitioner Dhadhal Kanthad Valeg who was arrested and detained on 18.2.1952 under the Preventive Detention Act by an order of the District Magistrate, Madhya Saurashtra District, dated 14.2.1952. The grounds of the detention were supplied to the petitioner on 25.2.1952 and they were that the petitioner was remaining in contact with dacoit Bhupat and his gang, that on 11.10.1951 he gave shelter to Bhupat and Lakhu at his house and his wadi and had helped them and that in this manner he was harbouring the dacoits.2. The petitioner's case was referred by the Government to the Advisory Board on 17.3.1952 and the Advisory Board made its report on 19.4.1952 recommending that there was sufficient cause for the petitioner's detention. The Government thereupon confirmed the detention order on 6.5.1952.3. The only contention made by the petitioner, who appears in person, is that he could not be kept in detention for more than ten...
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