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2015 Supreme(All) 1560

ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT
BEFORE : BALA KRISHNA NARAYANA AND NAHEED ARA MOONIS, JJ.
SHYAM LAL YADAV ....Petitioner
Versus
UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS ….Respondents
(Civil Misc. Habeas Writ Petition No. 38427 of 2015, decided on 21st December, 2015)

Advocates:
Counsel :
Anurag Yadav and Mahendra Pratap for the Appellant; A.G.A., A.S.G.I. (2015/1383) and Deepak Mishra for the Respondents.

Headnote:National Security Act, 1980 – Section 3 (2) – Detention – Detaining authority was not conscious of all relevant aspects of case and has passed order impugned merely sensing alleged activity of petitioner, in which he was not involved to be prejudicial and deleterious to society if not detained – Counter version was a vital circumstance, which has not been disputed, could be considered by detaining authority which aberration on part of detaining authority renders impugned detention order nugatory and same is liable to be vitiated – Impugned order quashed.

       Petition Allowed.

Judgment :

(Delivered by Naheed Ara Moonis.J.)

The instant petition has been filed on behalf of the petitioner seeking the relief in the nature of Habeas Corpus directing the respondents to set him at liberty forthwith and also quashing the order dated 19.4.2015 passed by the District Magistrate Bhadohi and the approval order dated 29.4.2015 as well as the confirmation order dated 5.6.2015 passed by the State Government whereby the petitioner has been ordered to be detained in captivity for twelve months in exercise of power under section 3 (2) of the National Security Act 1980.

The emanation of facts unfolded compendiously is that ground of detention dated 19.4.2015 was served upon the petitioner while he was in judicial custody pursuant to the first information report registered against him vide Case Crime No. 181 of 2014 under section 302 IPC read with section 7 of Criminal Law Amendment Act . The basis of the detention besides the aforesaid case was another Case Crime No.182 of 2014 under sections 147/148/341/353/332 IPC read with section 7 Criminal Law Amendment Act and section Prevention of Damages to Public Property Act .

The first information report dated 5.8.2014 was lodged by Mani Lal Maurya at Police Station Gopiganj, District Bhadohi with the allegation that his son Satish Maurya had gone at Hanuman Mandir situate at Jakhaon Police Station Gopiganj District Bhadohi on 5.8.2014 at about 2.00 p.m. to offer prayer and on the issue of recital of Ram Charitra Manas, the accused persons namely Sanjay Pandey, Shyam Lal Yadav, K.L.Yadav and Satish Chanra Maurya were adamant to start this programme at noon. On the exhortation of Sanjay Pandey, the petitioner caused injury to his son by firing. K.L.Yadav had also fired several round. They developed tremendous panic-stricken scene by opening firings indiscriminately in the air with revolver. The injured son of the complainant while being taken to the hospital at Varanasi succumbed to injuries on the way. The case was registered under sections 302 IPC vide Case Crime No. 181 of 2014 against the applicant and three others on the same day i.e. on 5.8.2014 at about 6.30 p.m. The incident allegedly took a wild form causing panic and terror at the police station. On getting information about indiscriminate firings which took place contiguous to the Hamuman Mandir Jakhaon on the issue of playing of loud speaker and one Satish was fatally wounded and succumbed to injuries while being taken to hospital at Varanasi. Police personnel of various police stations were directed to be deployed through R.T. set by Inspector Incharge.The village folk of Jakhaon could not digest the sad demise of Satish and protested outside unleashing a reign of terror causing great rampage and arson. The unruly mob could not squeeze their ire and indignation and caused blockade on the main road of Gyanpur Gopiganj. On getting the information about terrible scene, the Incharge Inspector reached at Gyanpur Gopiganj Road where police personnel were already present . The agitated and irate melee obstructed ingress and egress of Gyanpur Gopiganj Road. The police officials tried their best to assuage and pacify their wrath and anguish but the unruly mob instead of receding from igniting the horrendous scene, developed awful and terrible scene by pelting stones on the police personnel and also raising slogan stigmatizing the image of the police authorities as well as police personnel. They damaged the vehicles of the police authorities by breaking their glasses and other parts. The police officials and other administrative authorities sustained injuries on account of pelting of stones and also thrashing with lathi and danda. There was horrific and horrendous scene as they were raising slogan against the police administration causing helter and skelter in the nearby areas and the shop keepers also shut down their shutters closing the shops. In respect of the aforesaid incident occurred on 5.8.2014 at 7.00 p.m. another



































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