Supreme Court of India

Amanulla Khan Kudeatalla Khan Pathan v. State of Gujarat and Ors.

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Bench G.B. Pattanaik and D.P. Wadhwa JJ.
Decided 28 June 1999

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Criminal Law : Gujarat Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act, 1985-Section 2(c)­ "Dangerous person"-Preventive detention of-Detenu on two incidents demanded money from a person by putting him to fear of death and on his refusal dragged and assaulted him-Held, In order to be a "dangerous person" the detenu should be a habitual offender-Expression "habitually" means repeatedly or persistently or continuously-Therefore, one isolated incident for which a criminal case is registered against a person is not sufficient to hold him a dangerous person-However, the satisfaction of the detaining…

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