K. Nath, J.

1. This petition u/Article 226 of the Constitution of India is for issue of a writ of habeas corpus to set the petitioner, Ashok Kumar Singh, at liberty who is an under-trial prisoner in a case Crime no. 78 of 1987, under sections 504/302 of the Indian Penal Code, Police Station Pisawan district Sitapur.

2. An FIR for the said offence appears to have been lodged against the petitioner on 9-6-1987 at about 8.30 A.M. at Police Station Pisawan, district Sitapur by one Raj Kumar. A police party led by S. I. Gajendra Pal Singh went to the house of the petitioner where he was arrested and his licensed gun was seized by the police. A recovery memo, annexure CA-2, was prepared by S. I. Gajendra Pal Singh. The petitioner under arrest along with the seized gun was taken to police station Pisawan the same day where he was put in the lock-up and an entry was made in the General Diary on 9-6-1987 by S. I. Gajendra Pal Singh, annexure CA-1.

The short ground against the petitioner's continued detention is that on arrest the petitioner was not informed of the grounds of his arrest as required by Article 22 (1) of the Constitution of India or of the full particulars of the offen