Anand Prasad Sinha, J.

By this application, petitioner Mohan Singh challenges the validity of his detention in consequence of the order of the District Magistrate, Khagaria under Sub-section (2) of Section 12 of the Bihar Control of Crimes Act (hereinafter to be referred to as 'the Act'), on his being satisfied that it was necessary to detain the petitioner for preventing him from acting in any manner prejudicial to the maintenance of the public order. The order of detention is based on the grounds indicating involvement of the petitioner in serious illegal acts and also giving rise to several criminal cases. Accordingly, the District Magistrate by order No. 66 dated 7-1-1983 (Annexure-1) directed the petitioner under sub-section (2) of section 12 of the Act to be detained in Bhaglpur Central Jail. The grounds for detention, as contained in order No. 67 dated 7-1-1983 (Annexure-2), had also been served with a direction that if he so desired, be may file a written petition against the order of detention by 19-1-1983. Consequently, it appears that the Petitioner was detained in Jail with effect from 8-1-1983. The detention order along with the grounds had been sent to the Home