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Habitual criminal, A person is said to be a habitual criminal who by force of habit or inward disposition is accustomed to commit crimes. It implies commission of such crimes repeatedly or persistently and prima facie there should be a continuity in the commission of those offences, Ayub Pappubhan Navab Khan Pathan v. S.N. Sinha, AIR 1990 SC 2069 (2071): (1990) 4 SCC 552. [Gujarat Prevention of Anti Social Activities Act (16 of 1985), s. 2(c)]. See PREVENTIVE DETENTION.

A person is said to be a habitual criminal who by force of habit or inward disposition is accustomed to commit crimes. It implies commission of such crimes repeatedly or persistently and prima facie there should be continuity in commission of those offences, R. Kalavathi v. State of Tamil Nadu, (2006) 6 SCC 14: (2006) 6 JT 69: (2006) 6 SCALE 385: (2006) 5 Supreme 116: (2006) 5 SLT 321: (2006) 6 SCJ 69: (2006) 7 SCJD 583: (2006) 8 SRJ 57: (2006) 3 SCC (Cri) 11: (2006) 3 Crimes 7 (SC): (2006) 2 JCC 1185: (2006) 3 Recent CR 515: (2006) 5 CRJ 456.