Supreme Court of India

Sasthi Keot v. The State of West Bengal

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Reported as [1974] 3 S.C.R. 313
Decided 8 February 1974

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From the headnote

Maintenance of ltuernal Security Act, 1971 s. 3(3)-Vagueness of grounds_: Opportunity 11ot afforded for making representation-Effect of. Pursuant to an order of detention issued under s. 3(1) read withs. 3(2) of the _Maintenance of Internal Security Act, 1971 the petitioner was detained. One of the grounds of detention, which wei$hed with the detaining authority, the Government and the Advisory Board was that the petitioner was a "man of des­ perate habits and dangerous character and also prone to committing theft of undergrou.nd cables". Allowing the petition under Art. 32 of the

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