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PETITIONER: THE STATE OF PUNJAB
Vs.
RESPONDENT: AJAIB SINGH AND ANOTHER
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 10/11/1952
BENCH: DAS, SUDHI RANJAN BENCH: DAS, SUDHI RANJAN SASTRI, M. PATANJALI (CJ) MUKHERJEA, B.K. BOSE, VIVIAN BHAGWATI, NATWARLAL H.
CITATION: 1953 AIR 10 1953 SCR 254 CITATOR INFO : R 1954 SC 297 (11) R 1955 SC 191 (7) F 1955 SC 334 (15) R 1956 SC 20 (6) R 1957 SC 688 (8,10) D 1957 SC 927 (9) R 1962 SC1006 (74) D 1962 SC1506 (20) MV 1966 SC1910 (15,20,32) RF 1971 SC 337 (7) RF 1973 SC1461 (543) R 1974 SC 849 (16) RF 1974 SC1389 (255) D 1992 SC1858 (22)
ACT: Abducted Persons (Recovery and Restoration) Act (LXV of 1949) ss. 4, 6, 7-Constitution of India, Arts. 14,15,19 (1) (d), (e), (g), 21, 22-Low authorising police officers to take abducted persons into custody and deliver such persons to officer in charge of camp Constitutional validity-"Arrest and detention", meaning of-Scope of Art. 22-Construction of statutes.
HEADNOTE: The Abducted Persons (Recovery and Restoration) Act (Act LXV of 1949) does Dot infringe art. 14, art. 16, art. 19 (1) (d), (e) and (g), art. 21 or art. 22 of the Constitution and is not unconstitutional on the ground that it,contravenes any of these provisions. The physical restraint Put upon an abducted p...