The petitioner has challenged the order of his detention passed by the District Mastrate, Muzaffarnagar, dated 6-5-1997 under Section 3 (2) of the National Security Act.

2. In the grounds of detention as background facts it is mentioned that the detaining authority has personal knowledge of the fact that intelligence agency of Pakistan, namely, I. S. I, is con ducting such activities in India which are prejudicial to the national security, in tegrity and against maintenance of good relations between the Hindus and Mus lims and also against public order. In pur suance of such activities, the said intel ligence agency through its agents is getting fire-arms distributed throughout India. Haji Anees alias Mota resident of Mohalla Jama Masjid, Police Station Kairana, dis trict Muzaffarnagar and Anees alias Lam-boo also resident of the same place are engaged as chief agents of I. S. I. and are dealing in foreign smuggled arms in Delhi and Northern India. The said two persons have been detained by means of orders dated 27-1-1997 and 21-4-1997 passed under the National Security Act.

3. The ground on which the petitioner has been detained states that on 4-2-1996 at about 7. 30 p. m. Anees a

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