In the reply statement put in by the respondent, we find a large number of cases where detention for companysiderable periods, without the trial having even companymenced, is being suffered by various persons.
Further details as to the ages of such under trials, the dates from which they were companyfined and the offences with which they were charged were also called for.
CRIMINAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Writ Petition No.
211 of 1979.
Hingorani for the Petitioners.
N. Mukherjee for the Respondents.
The Order of the Court was delivered by KRISHNA IYER, J. This is a petition for the issuance of a writ of habeas companypus in view of alleged illegal detention of a large number of persons under guise of the judicial process.
