Supreme Court of India

Smt. Bimla Rani v. Union of India and Others

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Reported as [1989] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 241
Bench Murari Mohon Dutt and K.N. Saikia JJ.
Decided 25 September 1989

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the detention of the petitioner was justified.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

National Security Act, 1980: Section. 3-Detention-Detenu in jail in a case registered under Section 307 1.P. .-Detention Order­ Based on solitary incident, but gave rise to communal tension and apprehension of communal riot-Whether valid and legal. detention order under sub-section (2) read witb sub-section (3) of Section 3 of the National Security Act, 1980 was passed against th!' detenu on the ground that the detenu, who was in jail in a case registerd under Section 307 IPC was trying for release on bail, and tber¢ was every possibility of bis being released, and that be was likely to

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