Judgment :-

Dipak Misra, J.

In this writ petition preferred under Article 32 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner who is undergoing trial before the learned Special Judge, District Baghpat, U.P., has called in question the constitutional validity of number of provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 (Act 7 of 1986) (for short “the Act”) being violative of Articles 14, 21, 22(4) and 300A of the Constitution of India and further prayed for issue of a writ of certiorari for quashment of the First Information Report dated 2.5.2010 giving rise to Crime No. 100 of 2010 registered at Police Station Ramala, District Baghpat.

2. At the very outset, it is imperative to state that this Court, on 20th September, 2010, while issuing notice, had passed the following order:-

“Issue notice in regard to the validity of Section 12 of the U.P. Gangster & Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986.”

Regard being had to the aforesaid, we shall only dwell upon and delve into the constitutional validity of the section 12 of the Act.

3. It is necessary to state here that the validity of the Act was called in question before the High Court of Judicatu