JUDGMENT

M.K. Mukherjee, J. - We heard this writ petition on July 26, 1994 and on conclusion of the hearing passed the following order:

"Reasons to be recorded separately. We allow the Writ Petition and direct that the detenu Surya Prakash Sharma be released forthwith unless wanted in some other case."

2. We now recount the reasons for the above order.

3. Pursuant to an order made by the District Magistrate, Meerut, on February 1, 1994 under Section 3(3) of the National Security Act, 1980, Surya Prakash Sharma, the detenu, was detained with a view to preventing him from acting in any manner prejudicial to the maintenance of public order. Assailing the validity of the above order the petitioner filed this writ petition. The main allegation in the grounds of detention served upon the detenu is that on January 1, 1994 he along with his three colleagues brutally committed the murder of one Anil Kumar Jain in a thickly populated area of Meerut city by causing bullet injuries on his person. It is further alleged that due to the gruesome murder committed by the detenu and his colleagues a panic was created amongst the residents of Meerut and the normal life was completely disturbed and pe