SHASHI AGGARWAL Vs. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The arguments of this case concluded at the close of the court hours on December 18, 1987. We then made the following order:

(2.) Here are the reasons: In this writ petition, the validity of the detention of Arun Aggarwal has been challenged. He has been detained by the District Magistrate, Meerut by an order dated August 3, 1987 made under sec. 3(2) of the National Security Act, 1980. The Government, after the receipt of opinion of the Advisory Board, has approved the detention required under sec. 12(1) of that Act. The impugned order reads as under:

(3.) There are as many as five grounds of detention set out in the order. All relate to the offence said to have been committed by Arun Aggarwal on May 19, 1987. Two of the offences are said to have been committed at 9.00 A.M. on that day, the other two offences at 9.30 A.M. and the fifth one was alleged to have been committed between 9.30 A.M. to 1.00 P.M. on the same day. In each of the grounds there is a mention to the following effect: