Madhya Pradesh Court February 1954 Judgments

Kadam Singh Vs. State of Madhya Bharat

Court: Madhya Pradesh

Reported in: 1954CriLJ1062

Dixit, J.1. This is an application under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issue of a writ, in the nature of Habeas Corpus for the release of the applicant, Kadam Singh from detention in pursuance of an order made by the District Magistrate of Morena under Sub-clause (ii) of Clause (a) of Sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Preventive Detention Act, 1950. The petitioner was arrested on 12-1-1953 and detained for action prejudicial to the maintenance of public order. The grounds of detention were served on him on 13-1-1954.They are to the effect that the petitioner was associating himself actively with named, notorious and proclaimed dacoits and leaders of gangs of dacoits, and was aiding and abetting them in the commission of the dacoities by supplying arms and ammunition, by giving information to them about the movements of the police and by harbouring them; that on the diverse dates mentioned in the grounds he concealed and confined, kidnapped or abducted women...