Jammu and Kashmir Court May 1966 Judgments
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Kunwar Bhim Singh Vs. State of Jammu and Kashmir and anr.
Court: Jammu and Kashmir
Decided on: May-12-1966
Reported in: 1968CriLJ1080
ORDERJ.N. Bhat, J.1. This is a petition under Section 491, Criminal P.C. praying for the release of the petitioner Bhim Singh who was detained by order of the District Magistrate, Jammu, dated 1st February 1966. It is stated on behalf of the petitioner that he is a lawyer and was elected as the working President of the Students Organization. The order of his detention has been passed for collateral and extraneous consideration not envisaged by Rule 30(1)(b) of the Defence of India Rules. The order is mala fide. The detenu had been criticizing the policies (which, according to him, are antinational) of the Sadiq Ministry, In the summer of 1965 the petitioner along with some other colleagues of his was arrested under Section 28/32 of the State Security Rules and was prosecuted in a Court of law. The Students' Congress decided to submit a memorandum to the Prime Minister of India detailing the acts of omission of the State Ministry which were pro-Communist and anti-India. The deputation w...
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