Judgment

SHELAT, J.:- This appeal, by special leave, is against the dismissal by the High Court of Patna of the Writ Petition and an application under Section d561A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, for a writ of habeas corpus and an order of a like nature, filed by the appellant, Both of them were heard together as they contained common allegations and both were dismissed by a common judgment.

2. In the two aforesaid proceedings, the case of the appellant was that he was arrested on February 18, 1968, that since then he had been detained in custody without being informed of the grounds for his arrest and detention and also without having been produced before a Magistrate either within 24 hours after his detention as required under the Code, or even thereafter. On February 21, 1968, he was removed to Darbhanga jail where he was threatened that he would be falsely involved in several cases of dacoity unless he made certain incriminating statements which the police wanted him to make. He made two applications from jail one of February 25, 1968, and the other on February 28, 1968 to the Sub-Divisional Magistrate. The first was not received at all by the Magistrate, while the second was