Supreme Court · 1984 INSC 80 · Decided 12 April 1984
Vijay Narain Singh v. State of Bihar & Ors
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1984 INSC 80 · [1984] 3 S.C.R. 435
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 47/1984
- Decided
- 12 April 1984
- Bench
- O. CHINNAPPA REDDY, A.P. SEN, E.S. VENKATARAMIAH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 120B, 386, 5ll; Constitution
Headnote
. Bihar Control of Crimes Act 1981-Section 12 read .with section 2 (d). For preventive detention under section 12 authorities mu1t be ~atisfied that the.person to be detained is anti-social element as defined in section 2 (d). Bihar Control ofC,'imes Act, 1981-Sectlon 2 (d)- Definition of in sub-clause (j), (Ii) and (iv)-M_eanlng of. · [titerpretatlon of statutes-Rule o~-Law of pre11entive detention must be strictly construed. Practice-When· ,,erson enlarged on bail by competent criminal court, great caution should be exercised in scrutinising validity of
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