Supreme Court of India

Raj Narain v. Supdt. Central Jail, New Delhi.

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Reported as [1971] 2 S.C.R. 147
Decided 11 September 1970

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the orders of remand dated 28th A and 29th August, 1970 passed by the City Magistrate, Lucknow: are illegal.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

BHARGAVA, 1'c RAY ANIJ Code of Crbninal Procedure, 1898, s. 344--Magistrate reniandiug arrested person to judicial custody-Further remand lvhefl not nurde in presence of prisoner whether illegal. R was arrested on August 20, 1970 under ss. 107/117 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and was remanded to judicial custody by the City Magistrate Lucknow. petition for a writ of habeas corpus was filed in this Court and on August 22, 1970 this Court ordered him to be trans­ ferred to Tihar Central Jail Delhi for personal appearance before the Court. R's original remand as ordered by the City

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