1. The petitioner who claims to be running Punjabi Daily Aj Di Awaj from Jalandhar alleges to have been arrested on 11-1-1994 from his office at Jalandhar by the police party commanded by Deputy Superintendent of Police (D) Satinder Singh and Inspector, Chanehal Singh of C.I.A. Staff. Eight other persons namely Bhai Jasbir Singh, Kuldeep Singh, Amrik Singh, Ajaib Singh, Devinder Singh, Jasbir Singh, Gurdip Singh and Malkiat Singh were also arrested along with the petitioner. He was presented before the Court of S.D.M. Jalandhar on 12-1-1994 and remanded to judicial custody till 25-1-1994, which was extended for two more days on 28-1-1994 the petitioner was sent to Judicial custody till 12-2-1994 and thereafter was sent to judicial remand till 24-2-1994. The petitioner was arrested in F.I.R. dated 25-12-1993 for offences under Section 4/5, of the Explosive Act and Section 25, of the Arms Act. 1t was alleged in the F.I.R. that the accused along with others had formed a group and collected lot of explosives and destructive material with the object of creating terror in high populated areas by firing and causing explosions and by a plan of hitting VIPs. It is submitted that on