and Shri Ayub Sk.
In response to the rule nisi issued by this Court, the District Magistrate, Murshidabad who had passed the order of detention, filed a companynter affidavit wherein inter alia he has given the reasons for the detention of the petitioner to which we shall refer presently.
The order states that the impugned action is taken with a view to prevent the petitioner from acting in a manner prejudicial to the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the companymunity.
personally served the order and the grounds of detention on the petitioner together with the vernacular translation of the grounds in Bengali in the presence of two witnesses viz.,
you along with your associates stole away M.S. Angles worth about Rs.
you along with your associates stole away M S Angles worth about Rs.
Shri Nur Islam Sk.
The detention order is founded on two incidents of theft, particulars of which are as under That on 18.6.1972 at about 17.00 hrs.,
1900/ from nine electric towers in the Beldanga Gokarna 66 K.V. Line in Kandi, P.S. Area, seriously affecting maintenance of supplies and services of power and light which is essential to the companymunity That on 26 7 72 at about 18.00 hrs.
A further affidavit has been filed in this Court on behalf of the State by Bhola Nath Saha, Sub Inspector of Police attached to Alipore Copper Wire Cell, Criminal Investigation Department, West Bengal, in which he has clearly averred that the deponent had on October 26, 1972 at about 20.00 and 20.30 hrs.
Mr. B.P. Maheshwari, Advocate appearing as amicus curiae for the petitioner companytends 1 That the petitioner was illiterate, and the grounds of detention which were in English, were never interpreted and explained to him.
Sarkaria, J. The petitioner challenges the order, dated October 24, 1972, of his detention made by the District Magistrate, Murshidabad, under Section 3 1 of the Maintenance of Internal Security Act, 1971 for short the Act .
2000/ from ten electric towers of 66 K.V. Line near Jotophuiuria, P.S.Farakka, seriously affecting maintenance of supplies and services of power and light which is essential to the companymunity.
