GANGESHWAR PRASAD, J. :-This is a petition for writ of Habeas Corpus by seven persons who were confined as undertrial prisoners in the district Jail of Agra at the time of making the petition. Petitioner No. 1 is Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia who is a member of the Lok Sabha; petitioner No. 2 is Sri Brij Raj Singh who, according to the petition, is an old worker of the Samyukt Socialist Party and who was member of the Lok Sabha from 1957 to 1962; petitioner no 3 is Sri Baloji Agarwal, who is a member of the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha from the Agra City Constituency; and the remaining petitioners are Sri Hukum Singh Parihar, Sri Ram Sanehi Lal Yadava, Sri Kitab Singh Yadava and Sri Ganga Prasad Sharma who, according to the petition, are active workers of the Samyukt Socialist party. The opposite parties to the petition are the State of Uttar Pradesh, Sri Ravi Shanker John, District Magistrate Agra, and Sri K.C. Seth, Additional District Magistrate (Judicial), Agra.

2. The facts which led upto the petition are briefly as follows : Some political parties including the Samyukt Socialist Party were trying to organise 'U.P. Bandh' on July 12, 1966. In view of this situation, Opposite par