1953 (3) TMI 38

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....tt, A. N. Chona, B. Pathnaik and A. AT. Sinha, with them) for the petitioner C.K. Daphtary, Solicitor-General for India (Porus A.Mehta, with him) for the respondent JUDGEMENT PATANJALI SASTRI C. J.- This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by one ham Narayan Singh on behalf of four gentlemen, namely, Dr. S. P. Mukerjee, Shri N. C. Chatterjee, Pandit Nandial Sharma and Pandit Guru D....

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....rgued before us by Mr. Sethi on behalf of the petitioner, but we consider it unnecessary to enter upon a discussion of those questions, as it is now conceded that the first order of remand dated the 6th March even assuming it was a valid one expired on the 9th March and is no longer in force. As regards the order of remand alleged to have been made by the trying Magistrate on the 9th March, the po....

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....er produced merely directs the adjournment of the case till the 11th March and contains no direction for, remanding the accused to custody till that date. Last evening, four slips of paper were handed to the Registrar of this Court at 5-20 p. m. On one side they purport to be warrants of detention dated 6th March and addressed to the Superintendent of Jail, Delhi, directing the accused to be kept ....

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....uld be of crucial importance to the case, were with a police officer who was present in court yesterday, but after the Court rose in the evening the latter thought that their production might be of some importance and therefore they were filed before the Registrar at 5-20 p. m. We cannot take notice of documents produced in such circumstances, and we are not satisfied that there was any order of r....