Supreme Court of India

Sudhir Kumar Saha v. Commissioner of Police, Calcutta & Anr.

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Reported as [1970] 3 S.C.R. 360
Bench J. C. Shah and K. S. Iiegdb JJ.
Decided 18 December 1969

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the grounds stated in support of the detention cannot amount to a disturbance of the maintenance of 'public order'.

Judgment, page 3

From the headnote

Preventive Detention Act (4 of 1950), s. 3(2)-Acts prejudicial to maintenance of public order-What are. The petitioner along with others, committed various offences on three occasions. On the first occasion be attacked the people of a locality with a knife and by hurling 'bottles at them. On the other two occasions he attacked the pe<iple of another locality, by hurling bombs at them. He was detained under s. 3(2) of the Preventive Detention Act, ~50, with a view to preventing him from acting in any manner prejudicial to the maintenance of public order. In a petition under Art. 32 for the

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