JUDGMENT - P.S. BRAHME, J.:---The petitioner Mohammad Mubarak s/o Mohammad Umar has approached this Court by way of this writ petition for a writ of heabeus corpse challenging his detention dated 12-7-2000 passed by respondent No. 2-The Commissioner of Police, Nagpur invoking provisions under section 3(1) of the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers, Drug Offenders and Dangerous Persons Act, 1981 (hereinafter referred to as "said Act"). Alongwith the said order the detenu was served with the grounds of detention which was also dated 12-7-2000. The order of detention and the grounds of detentions have been annexed in the writ petition as Annexure No. 1. The State Government approved the order of detention on 12-7-2000 on 20-7-2000 vide Annexure 2. The order of detention came to be confirmed by the State Government on 18-8-2000 vide Annexure 3.

2. It is revealed from the grounds of detention that the detention of the petitioner is founded on involvement of the petitioner in 5 serious offences enumerated in paragraph 2 of the grounds, as also his recent criminal activities namely involvement in Crime No. 549/99 under sections 147, 248, 149, 324 of I.P

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