{"id":270552,"date":"1975-01-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1975-01-20T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/md-sahabuddin-vs-the-district-magistrate-24-on-21-january-1975"},"modified":"2017-08-17T15:58:36","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T10:28:36","slug":"md-sahabuddin-vs-the-district-magistrate-24-on-21-january-1975","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/md-sahabuddin-vs-the-district-magistrate-24-on-21-january-1975","title":{"rendered":"Md. Sahabuddin vs The District Magistrate, 24 &#8230; on 21 January, 1975"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Supreme Court of India<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Md. Sahabuddin vs The District Magistrate, 24 &#8230; on 21 January, 1975<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: AIR 1975 SC 1722, 1975 CriLJ 1499, (1975) 4 SCC 114<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: V K Iyer<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: R Sarkaria, V K Iyer<\/div>\n<p id=\"p_1\"><a href=\"\/doc\/117218345\/\" id=\"a_1\">ORDER<\/p>\n<p>V.R. Krishna Iyer, J<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1\">1. The petitioner who was detained under an order of the District Magistrate, 24-Parganas, in exercise of his powers under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Internal Security Act, 1971 has moved this Court for release from custody on the ground that the order has been passed without any real subjective satisfaction and that another person who had been detained under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act, on the same ground, has already been released by the High Court.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_2\">2. On one short ground, the order of detention must fail. The single instance relied on by the detaining authority for the subjective satisfaction reached by him is dated 27\/ 28th July 1973 and relates to stealing of telephone cables. If really this ground had been the basis of the detention order, one would have reasonably expected the District Magistrate to act promptly. In any case, the order seemed to have been passed nearly seven months after the criminal incident. No explanation whatever in the shape of a counter affidavit by the District Magistrate or anyone else on behalf of the State has been filed. We have to presume that there is no explanation worthwhile offering. Time was taken by counsel for filing a counter affidavit when this writ petition came up for hearing last time; but none is forthcoming yet.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_3\">3. On the basis that there is a long unexplained delay between the criminal occurrence and the detention order, this Court has held that such detention must be held illegal because the subjective satisfaction has no proximate rational nexus with the prejudicial act. We have to follow the same view here also. The order of detention is quashed, the rule nisi made absolute and the petitioner is directed to be released forthwith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court of India Md. Sahabuddin vs The District Magistrate, 24 &#8230; on 21 January, 1975 Equivalent citations: AIR 1975 SC 1722, 1975 CriLJ 1499, (1975) 4 SCC 114 Author: V K Iyer Bench: R Sarkaria, V K Iyer ORDER V.R. Krishna Iyer, J. 1. 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