JUDGMENT

A.S. Gill, J. – The petitioner (in detention) before us has invoked the writ jurisdiction of this Court under Art. 226 of the Constitution for issuing a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing his detention order dated 20.9.1995, passed by the District Magistrate, Meerut under Section 3(2) National Security Act, 1980. The order of detention was served on the petitioner on 20.9.1995, when he was in Hail in Case Crime No. 296/1995 under Sections 368/ 302/201. I.P.C. Police Station T.P. Nagar Meerut. The detention order indicated the District Magistrate. Meerut was satisfied that the detention of the petitioner was necessary, with a view to prevent the petitioner from acting in any manner prejudicial to the maintenance of public order.

2. The detention order of the petitioner emanated from his involvement in the commission of murder of a child Tushar aged about 4 years after hatching a criminal conspiracy with other co-accused in respect of which the - aforesaid crime case was registered with the police (station with the allegation that on 13-4-1995 at 12.00 noon, pursuant to criminal conspiracy he kid-napped 4 years' old child Tushar son of Sanjay Singh, Supervisor Nav