Jammu and Kashmir Court December 1967 Judgments

Ammar Nath and ors. Vs. District Magistrate

Court: Jammu and Kashmir

Reported in: 1968CriLJ1000

ORDERJaswant Singh, J.1. These are four petitions under Section 103 of the State Constitution praying for issue of writs in the nature of habeas corpus directing the release of the petitioners who are said to be unlawfully detained in the Central Jail, Jammu. As the petitions raise common questions of law these will be dealt with together.2. The petitioners in the first three petitions viz., Ammar Nath son of Des Raj, Tilak Raj. and Manohar Nath Tikku were arrested on the 8th October 1967 in execution of the orders of the District Magistrate Jammu passed by him under Section 3(a)(i) of the Jammu and Kashmir Prevenventive Detention Act, 1964 directing the detention of the petitioners in the Central Jail, Jammu, with a view to preventing them from acting in any manner prejudicial to the maintenance of public order. The fourth petitioner, Ammar Nath son of Faqir Ohand was arrested on 21.10.67 in pursuance of an order passed for the same reason by the District Magistrate Jammu on the same ...