1974 (2) TMI 81

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.... prejudicial to the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the community. 2. The grounds communicated to the petitioner are : (1) On 3-10 71 at about 02 00 hrs., you along with your associates committed theft in respect of 1200 feet of overhead aluminium conductor wire worth about Rs. 1, 200/- from Power Supply line of the West Bengal State Electricity Board near Hategeria village under Keshiary P.S., District Midnapore. Due to such act of yours, electric supply from Hizli Power Station to Egra remained suspended for 12 hours and chaos was created. Thus you acted in a manner prejudicial to the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the community. (2) On 11-10-71 at about 02.00 hrs., you along with your asso....

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....t must be noted that though the detention order itself had been passed on 9-3-1972 the petitioner could not be apprehended and served with the detention order till 29-7-1972 on which day he was also served with the ground of detention. 4. Mr. Mittal who appeared as amicus curiae for the petitioner, relied principally on the fact that there has been a delay of about 5 mouths before the order of detention was passed. He pointed out that there were in all 3 incidents of conductor wine cutting and while the first 2 occurred in October, 71 the third occurred in November, 1971. Thereafter, it is pointed out, the detention order had been passed 5 months later. It is, therefore, contended that this very delay in passing the order would show that....