Court : Supreme Court of India
Reported in : AIR1999SC2197; 1999(2)ALD(Cri)321; 1999CriLJ3504; 1999(3)Crimes110(SC); (2000)4GLR847; JT1999(4)SC455; 1999(4)SCALE52; (1999)5SCC613; [1999]3SCR807; 1999(2)LC1191(SC)
ORDERG.B. Pattanaik, J. 1. Leave granted.2. The detenu, who has been detained by the detaining authority under Section 3(2) of the Gujarat Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act, 1985 (for short 'PASA') approached the Gujarat High Court for quashing the order of detention dated 13,8.98 in Special Civil Application No. 6896 of 1998. The said application was dismissed by the High Court by its Judgment dated 5.4.99 and the aforesaid order has been assailed in the Special Leave Petition in this Court. The detenu has also filed an independent writ petition under Article 32, challenging his detention under several grounds. Both, the Special Leave Petition and the Writ Petition having been heard together are being disposed of by this common Judgment.3. The detaining authority on being satisfied from the activities of the detenu that he belongs to a notorious gang and the members of the gang hatched conspiracy to extort money from the people who are engaged in building construction business ...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Supreme Court of India
Reported in : AIR1999SC2548; 1999(2)ALD(Cri)418; 2000(1)ALT(Cri)25; 1999CriLJ3962; JT1999(5)SC224; 1999(4)SCALE351
ORDERNanavati, J.1. The appellant has filed this appeal under Section 19 of the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987, challenging his conviction and also the order of sentence passed in TADA(P) file No. 23 of 7.9.94, by the Court of Additional Judge, Designated Court, Ferozepur at Bathinda.2. The prosecution case was that the appellant alongwith Suba Singh went to the house of Mukhtiar Singh armed with fire arms, at about 9.30 p.m. on 22-9-1992 scaled the wall of the courtyard and went inside the house and after reaching the place where Mukhtiar Singh was sitting alongwith his brother Basant Singh and his uncle Sudagar Singh told Mukhtiar Singh to handover his tractor as they wanted it. Mukhtiar Singh refused to part with the tractor. Thereupon Suba Singh opened fire and killed Mukhtiar Singh on the spot. According to the prosecution, at that time appellant Pal Singh was also having a pistol in his hand. after Killing Mukhtiar Singh they starting running away. Sud...
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