Supreme Court · 1972 INSC 42 · Decided 3 February 1972
Ananta Mukhi, @ Ananta Hari v. State of West Bengal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1972 INSC 42 · [1972] 3 S.C.R. 379
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 322/1971
- Decided
- 3 February 1972
- Bench
- J.M. SHELAT, HANS RAJ KHANNA, KUTTYIL KURIEN MATHEW (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 356
Headnote
F G H ANANTA MUKHI, @ ANANTA HARi v. STATE OF WEST BENGAL February 3, 1972 379 [J. M. SHELAT, H. R. KHANNA AND K. K. MATHEW, JJ.J West Bengal (Prevention of Violent Activities) Act 1970-Sec. 3 (2) and Sec. 3(3)-Their scope. Petitioner, through Jail, filed a writ petition under art. 32 for a writ prejudicial to the security of the State or the maintenance of public order. The grounds of detention were tbnt the petitioner along with 50/60 other persons armed with lethal weapons raided the house of a person on October 4, 1969 ot night and looted cash, ornan1ents etc., ·and on
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