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TMI Blog1992 (7) TMI 356X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... i A. S. Nambiar, learned senior counsel for the State of Andhra Pradesh. 2. In this petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India, the legality of the order dated 3-6-1992 made by the Designated Court directing the accused person, a certain Ashok Reddy against whom a case under the Terrorists and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987 is registered and is under investigation, be han ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... s subsequently stayed by this Court in these proceedings and that during the period of such stay the sixty days period has run out does not affect the validity and efficacy of the order dated 3-6-1992 if the challenge thereto fails. 3. Learned Counsel for the petitioner, strenuously urged that the ground on which police custody is sought is itself vague and impermissible, inasmuch as it referred t ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ot be disputed. There must, of course, be sufficient grounds for such a change of custody. In the present case, having regard to the nature of offence and the stage of the investigations it cannot be said that grounds for such custody do not exist. 5. As to the safety of the person of the accused during police custody is concerned, Shri D. Ram Reddy, the Investigating Officer who is present in Cou ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ade to him by the said Shri Barala Kishna Rao. 6. Accordingly, while dismissing this writ petition and restoring the order of the Designated Court subject to the aforesaid conditions, we direct that Ashok Reddy shall now be handed over from judicial custody to police custody on the 5th August, 1992 for a period of three days, i.e. , from 5th to 7th August, 1992 (both days inclusive) and that Ashok ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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