REGENT COMPUTRONICS PVT. LTD.

Smt. Ram Devi Appellant

V/S

STATE AND OTHERS Respondents

Referred Judgements :-

SALMON V. DUNCOMBA [REFERRED TO]
G.I.P,RY.,CO. V. CHANDRA BAI [REFERRED TO]
JUMMO V. SUPERINTENDENT,GOVERNMENT PROTECTIVE HOME,MEERUT [REFERRED TO]
NADIAR CHAND SHAND V. WOOD [REFERRED TO]
SHAW V. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS [REFERRED TO]
SIMON REUBAN V. HAJI SAHIKH MAHOMED SHASTRY [REFERRED TO]
B. AND N.W. RAILWAY V. SPECIAL MANAGER,COURT OF WARDS [REFERRED TO]
CAWNPORE COTTON MILLS V. G.I.P,RAILWAY [REFERRED TO]
RASHID AHMED VS. MUNICIPAL BOARD KAIRANA OPPOSITE PARTY; AND UNION OF INDIA AND STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH [REFERRED TO]
MAGGA VS. STATE OF RAJASTHAN [REFERRED TO]
HARI VISHNU KAMATH VS. AHMAD ISHAQUE [REFERRED TO]
A V DCOSTA DIVISIONAL ENGINEER G I P RAILWAY VS. B C PATEL [REFERRED TO]
NARAVAN RAO VS. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH MANBODHAN LAL SRIVASTAVA VS. MANBODHAN LAL SRIVAITAVA:STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH [REFERRED TO]
RANI DRIGRAJ KUER VS. RAJA SRI AMAR KRISHNA NARAIN SINGH [REFERRED TO]
K R C S BALAKRISHNA CHETTY AND SONS AND COMPANY VS. SATE OF MADRAS [REFERRED TO]
BANWARILAL AGARWALLA VS. STATE OF BIHAR [REFERRED TO]
COLLECTOR OF MONGHYR VS. KESHAV PRASAD GOENKA [REFERRED TO]
OUDH SUGAR MILLS LTD VS. STATE OF U P [REFERRED TO]
CHIEF CONTROLLING REVENUE AUTHORITY VS. MAHARASHTRA SUGAR MILLS LIMITED [REFERRED TO]
KURBAN HUSSEN SAJAUDDIN VS. RATI KANT NILKANT [REFERRED TO]
DISTRICT BOARD OF FARRUKHABAD VS. PRAG DUTT [REFERRED TO]

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This is an application for an order under Sec. 491 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and for a writ of habeas corpus under Art. 226 of the Constitution of India.

(2.) The petitioner who has been held to be 13 years of age by the City Magistrate, Agra has been ordered by him under Sec. 17 of the Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act) to be detained in Protective Home until she attains the age of 21 years. That order has been affirmed in appeal by the learned I Additional Sessions Judge, Agra on 18th Jan., 1963. By means of this petition it is prayed that the orders passed by the City Magistrate and the I Additional Sessions Judge be quashed by means of a writ of certiorari and that the petitioner may be set forth at liberty from custody in the Protective Home.

(3.) The facts, in this case are not in dispute and the questions to be decided are primarily those of law. During the course of arguments, which by breaks extended to several days, we permitted the learned counsel for the petitioner to raise some legal questions which had not been specifically taken in the petition. The submissions made before us are as follows:

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SMT. RAM DEVI Vs. STATE AND OTHERS

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