( 1 ) BY this petition under Art. 226 of the Constitution the petitioner has challenged the order of detention dated 15-2-1985 passed under S. 3 (2) of the National Security Act, 1980 (for short the Act) by the District Magistrate, Deoria. The impugned order has been passed on the basis of the grounds that the District Magistrate was satisfied that with a view to prevent the petitioner from acting in any manner prejudicial to the maintenance of the public order the detention of the petitioner was inevitable.

( 2 ) THE grounds of detention as required by Sec. 8 of the Act were communicated to the petitioner. Those grounds translated in English read as follows : - (I) On 3-4-1983 at 10 A. M. in Kachchli Hatta Crossing of Barhaj Bazar you along with your friends killed Rudra Pratap Singh Attal. As a result thereof the persons in the market ran away and the market remained closed for a number of days. Crime No. 91/83 under Ss. 147/148/149/302, I. P. C. was registered and the charge-sheet was submitted to the Court on 6-7-1983. The case is still under consideration. You have threatened the witnesses of the case and they are not daring to come to depose in Court. (ii) On