Judgement

SHELAT, J. :- On January 11, 1971, the District Magistrate, 24 Parganas issued an order of detention against the petitioner under sub-section (1) of Section 3 read with sub-section (3) thereof of the West Bengal (Prevention of Violent Activities) Act (President s Act 19 of 1970). In pursuance of that order the petitioner was arrested of January 14, 1971 and detained in Dum Dum Jail from where he filed the present petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

2. The grounds for detention furnished to the petitioner at the time of his arrest alleged (1) that he and some of his associates, armed with daggers, swords and other lethal weapons, trespassed into the house of one Smt. Abha Sur and threatened her with dire consequences if she were to raise any objections to certain activities of the petitioner and his associates in her locality, (2) that on November 24, 1970 he and his associates armed with acid bulbs, bombs and other lethal weapons, attacked Rani Vidyapithi, Chandpara injuring during that attack its night guard with an acid bulb on his raising an alarm, and (3) that on December 10.1970, he and his associates once again attacked the said institution causing damages to its re