ANANT BHASKAR LAGU Vs. STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Anant Bhaskar Lagu (who is-said to be a resident of Indore and Ujjain as he divides his time between the two please made the present application Under Section 491, Criminal P. C, By a subsequent application it was prayed on his behalf that it might be treated as an application under Article 226 of the Constitution.

(2.) The material facts are as follows:

(3.) A case has also been started against him for the offence of having escaped from lawful custody after arrest, but in connection with that offence he was ordered to be released on bail. It was also slated before us that a fresh-order for his detention under Act 4 of 1950. Preventive Detention Act was passed against the petitioner by the District Magistrate, Indore, on 7th March 1960. After some adjournment for reasons which it is not necessary to enter into, the case was taken up on 14th April 1950. On that date the counsel for the petitioner as well as the Advocate-General who appeared for the State both prayed that this case be heard by a-Division Bench, This prayer was allowed and it was accordingly fixed before a bench consist' ing of two Judges on 19th April 1950.