Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 354 · Decided 26 July 2000
SMT. Phulwari Jagdambaprasad Pathak v. Shri R.H. Mendonca and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 354 · [2000] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 686
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 577/2000
- Decided
- 26 July 2000
- Bench
- AJAY PRAKASH MISRA, D.P. MOHAPATRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
Maharashtra prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers, Drug offenders and Dangerous Persons Act, 1981: Sections C 2(a)(iv), 2(b-I) and 3. Preventive detention-Dangerous person-Detention order passed against-Validity of-Subjective satisfaction of detaining authority-Judicial authority that (i) Detenu was persistently engaged in criminal D activities (ii) Had unleashed terror in the locality (iii) victims and witnesses mortally afraid of detenu to make complaint and statements against him­ On assurance of anonymity statements made in camera-Such statements
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