Supreme Court · 1974 INSC 170 · Decided 6 September 1974
Ajit Kumar Kavlraj v. The DISTT. Magistrate, Birbhum and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1974 INSC 170 · [1975] 2 S.C.R. 21
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 1880/1973
- Decided
- 6 September 1974
- Bench
- P. JAGANMOHAN REDDY, P.K. GOSWAMI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 491; Constitution Article 32
Headnote
Preventive Detention-Duty of detaining authority to give unambig11ous.· grounds lo detemr-Procedural safeguards oj liberty-Duty to observe. · The petitioner was detained under s. 3 of the Maintenance of Internal Secu· rity Act, 1971. The grounds communicated to him were, (1) purchasing agent of the Food Corporation of India sold out 4 quintals of paddy from the stock held in the account of the Food Corporation of India to three persons and by such clandestine deal hindered the procurement of paddy and thereby acted in a manner prejudicial to the mainten­ an::e
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