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TMI Blog1985 (1) TMI 338X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... t there has been a total non-application of the mind by the detaining authority, the District Magistrate of Udhampur. We had called for the records and the learned counsel for the State of Jammu & Kashmir has produced the same before us. First taking up the case of Jai Singh, the first of the petitioners before us, a perusal of the grounds of detention shows that it is a verbatim reproduction of t ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ; wherever it occurs referring to Jai Singh in the dossier is changed into 'you' in, the grounds of detention. We are afraid it is difficult to find greater proof of non-application of mind. The liberty of a subject is a serious matter and it is not to be trifled with in this casual, indifferent and routine manner. We also notice that in the petition filed by the detenu, he had expressly a ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nothing to indicate that the District Magistrate applied his mind to the question whether an order of detention under the Jammu & Kashmir Safety Act was necessary despite the fact that the petitioner was already in custody in connection with the criminal case. The cases of the other six petitioners are identical and in the circumstances, we have no option, but to direct their release forthwith, u ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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