JUDGMENT :

Dinesh Maheshwari, J.

The petitioner, having been put under preventive detention under Section 3 of the Meghalaya Preventive Detention Act, 1995 by the order dated 18.10.2016 as issued by the District Magistrate, East Garo Hills District, Williamnagar and such detention having been ultimately confirmed in the order issued by the Governor on 02.12.2016, has preferred this petition seeking a writ of habeas corpus while questioning his detention as being entirely illegal and unauthorised.

2. In the detention order dated 18.10.2016, it is, inter alia, indicated that the petitioner had been indulging into repeated crimes while being a member of militant outfit by the name of A'chick National Cooperation Army (ANCA) and had been involved in various criminal cases including Williamnagar P.S. No. 104(12)14 under Sections 120B/121/122/384 IPC; and Williamnagar P.S. No. 70(6) 16 under Sections 385/506 IPC read with Section 66A Information & Technology Act, 2000. In the grounds of detention, another indication was made that Chokpot P.S. No. 18(8) 2014 under Section 302/364/384/120(B) IPC read with Section 25 (1-A)/27(2) of the Arms Act was also registered against the petitioner and hi