Supreme Court · 1987 INSC 249 · Decided 15 September 1987
Gulab Mehra v. State of U.P. & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1987 INSC 249 · [1988] 1 S.C.R. 126
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 450/1987
- Decided
- 15 September 1987
- Bench
- A.P. SEN, B.C. RAY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 22(5)
Headnote
National Security Act, 1980-0rder of detention under section 3(2) of-Challenged. The appellant was in jail on October 10, 1986, as an under-trial prisoner, when an order of detention issued in respect of him by the District Magistrate, respondent No. 2, under section 3(2) of the National Security The appellant made a representation against the grounds of detention before the authorities concerned, but the same was rejected and the order of detention, con- D firmed. He then challenged the order of detention, as illegal and bad by a Habeas <;_orpus Writ Petition before the High Court on
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