"Heinous Crime": Allahabad High Court Affirms Detention Of 3 Under NSA Who Allegedly Burnt A Young Girl To Death

The Allahabad High Court last week affirmed the detention of 3 men under National Security Act, 1980 who are accused of burning a young girl alive by pouring petrol, on account of which she died. As the petitioners had applied for bail before the Hon'ble High Court, there was a possibility of release of the petitioners on bail and to again indulge in such activities which were likely to adversely affect public order, therefore, the detention by the detaining authority was passed under the Act, 1980 Thus, the Detaining Authority passed the impugned order dated August 27, 2020 for detaining the petitioners under Section 3 of the Act, 1980. Thus, the Court said: "We are unable to hold that there was no material before the Detaining Authority to come to the conclusion, it did, to say that the activities of petitioners can be construed as activities prejudicial to the maintenance of "public order," within the meaning of SubSection of Section 3 of the Act, 1980." Therefore, the court held that the instances of petitioners' activities, enumerated in the grounds of detention, clearly showed that the activities covered a wide field and fall within the contours of the concept of "public order"and the Detaining Authority was justified in law in passing the impugned order of detention as its confirmation order against the petitioners.