UMMAIDA RAM Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) BY these petitions,the petitioners challenge validity of action commenced against them under the Rajasthan Control of Goondas Act, 1975 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act' ). They were initially filed under Sec. 482, Cr. P. C. but were subsequently treated as writ petitions under Art. 226 of the Constitution,. Since both the petitions are based on identical grounds, they were heard together and are disposed of by a common judgment.

(2.) IN order to properly appreciate the contentions involved, the facts and circumstances leading to the petitions may briefly be narrated.

(3.) IT would be proper to take up the contentions of the petitioners in the manner they have been referred to above.