Allahabad High Court on Order Of Judicial Remand And Habeas Corpus Petition
Live LawWhile dismissing a habeas corpus petition, the Allahabad High Court imposed a cost of Rs. It is a well accepted principles that a writ of Habeas Corpus is not to be entertained when a person committed to the judicial custody or the police custody by a competent court by an order, which prima facie does not appear without jurisdiction or passed in absolutely mechanical manner or wholly illegal as has been stated in judgement in B.Ramchandra Rao & Kanu Sanyal.” Further, the Court observed “The court is required to scrutinize the legality or otherwise of the order of detention which has been passed unless the court is satisfied the person has been committed to the jail custody by virtue of an order that suffer from vice of lack of jurisdiction or absolute illegality a habeas corpus writ petition cannot be granted. Additional Government Advocate raised a primary objection as to the maintainability of the Habeas Corpus petition when the petitioner had the remedy to apply for bail before the High Court under Section 439 Cr.P.C. However, the Court noted that in the entire pleadings, the petitioner had not said anything regarding non-compliance of mandatory provisions and non-application of mind while passing the judicial remand order.