Supreme Court of India

State of Maharashtra & Ors. v. Mehamud

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Reported as [2007] 7 S.C.R. 1043
Bench Dr. Arijit Pasay At and P.P. Naolekar JJ.
Decided 19 June 2007

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Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers and Drug Offenders Act, I 98 I: ss. 2(/-b) and 3- 'Dangerous person '-Order of detention-Expression c "habitually commits or attempts to commit"-Connotation of-Held: Detenu being involved in fourteen cases and several cases being pending which related to offences punishable under Chapters XVI and XVJI of 1.P. and Chapter V of Arms Act, and considering the nature of jurisdiction which the detaining authority exercises, the conclusion of High Court that there must be a conviction in order to say that detenu habitually

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