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Bombay High Court

Satish Sagun Korgaonkar vs The State Of Maharashtra on 21 April, 2014

Bench: Naresh H. Patil, Anuja Prabhudessai

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                               IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                    CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION




                                                                                   
                                  WRIT PETITION NO. 1813 OF 2013
                                                 




                                                           
                Satish Sagun Korgaonkar 
                Aged about 38 years,
                of Bombay, Adul, Indian Inhabitant,




                                                          
                Residing at Indraprasad Co-op. Hsg. Soc.
                Bldg. No.41, Room No.1173,
                2nd Floor, Adarsh Nagar,
                Prabhadevi, Dadar (West),




                                                  
                Mumbai 400 030                                           ..Petitioner

                           v/s.
                                   
                The State of Maharashtra 
                                  
                through the Inspector In charge
                Worli Police Station.                                    ..Respondents

                                           With
                                  WRIT PETITION NO. 529 OF 2014
                 


                                                 
              



                Akbar Hussain Shafi Hussain
                Age 40 years, Occ ; Business,
                Res. of Yunus House,





                New Grave Yard, Room No.1
                Pailipada
                Mumbai 400 0388                                          ..Petitioner

                           v/s.





                The State of Maharashtra 
                through the Principal Secretary,
                Home Department,
                Government of Maharashtra,



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             Mantralaya, Mumbai

             2.  Deputy Commissioner of Police,




                                                                                       
             Zone VI, Crawford market,
             Mumbai.




                                                               
             3.  The Assistant Commissioner of Police,
             Trombay Division, Mumbai.

             4. State House Office,




                                                              
             Trombay Police Stn.,
             Mumbai                                                          ..Respondents




                                                  
             Mr. S.R.Chitnis Sr. Counsel a/w. Mr. Tapan Thatte, Mr. V.V.Ugle and 
                                  
             Mr. A.M.Saraogi for the Petitioner.

             Mr. J.P.Yagnik, APP for the Respondent-State.
                                 
               
                                                    CORAM :   NARESH H. PATIL AND
                                                                   ANUJA PRABHUDESSAI, J.J.             
               


                                   RESERVED FOR ORDER  ON:   MARCH 21,  2014.
            



                                   ORDER PRONOUNCED ON :    APRIL 21, 2014.

             JUDGMENT (PER ANUJA PRABHU DESSAI, J.).





             1.    Rule.   Rule made returnable forthwith.     Heard by consent of 

             parties.





             2.    The petitioners herein have challenged the externment orders 

             passed by the Deputy Police Commissioners under the provisions of 

             Section   56(1)   (a)   (b)   of   the   Bombay   Police   Act   and   confirmation 


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             thereof by the statutory authorities. 




                                                                                      
             3.    The externment order passed in Criminal Writ Petition No.1813 




                                                              
             of   2013   was   preceded   with   notice   dated   26.3.2012   issued   under 

             Section 59 of the Bombay Police Act, and called upon  the petitioner 




                                                             
             to show cause as to why he should not be externed from the limits of 

             Gr.   Bombay,   New   Mumbai   and   Thane   District.     The   petitioner 




                                                 
             appeared before the concerned authority and filed his reply and also 
                                  
             examined   witnesses   to   refute   the   allegations   leveled   against   him. 
                                 
             Upon   considering   the   material   on   record,   the   Externing   Authority 

             passed the impugned order externing the petitioner from the area of 
               

             Gr. Mumbai, Thane and Raigad for a period of two years.
            



             4.    The petitioner filed Externment Appeal No. 287 of 2012 before 





             the Appellate Authority challenging the order dated 5.9.2012, which 

             appeal  was  dismissed  by  the  Appellate  Authority  vide   order  dated 

             9.4.2013.  Hence the present petition.





             5.    The   petitioner   has   challenged   the   impugned   orders   on   the 




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             ground   that   he   was   served   with   incomplete   copy   of   notice.     He 

             further stated that the reply filed by him has not been considered and 




                                                                                            
             that the order has been passed without going into the merits of the 




                                                                   
             matter and without considering the provisions of law.  He has further 

             stated that he was sought to be externed in the year 2012-2013 on 




                                                                  
             the   basis   of   the   crimes   registered   in   the   year   2002-2003.       The 

             petitioner   has   further   stated   that   though   the   allegations   alleged 




                                                     
             against him relate to the city of Bombay, the externment order covers 
                                    
             2-3   districts   and   hence   the   order   is   excessive   and   is   liable   to   be 
                                   
             quashed.
               

             6.     The   Deputy   Commissioner   of   Police   had   served   upon   the 
            



             petitioner   in   Criminal   writ   petition   No.   529/2014   an   externment 

             order dated 26.9.2013, which was preceded with notice dated 20th 





             August,   2013   under   Section   59   of   the   Bombay   Police   Act.   The 

             Petitioner was called upon to show cause as to why he should not be 

             externed from Mumabi, Mumbai Suburbs Thane and Raigad. Upon 





             considering   the   material   on   record   and   the   reply   filed   by   the 

             petitioner,   the   Externing   Authority   externed   the   Petitioner   from 



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             Mumbai   and   Mumbai   Suburbs   for   a   period   of   two   years.   The 

             petitioner had challenged the order in appeal, which was dismissed 




                                                                                          
             by the appellate authority vide order dated 21st January, 2014. 




                                                                  
             7.     The petitioner claims that he is a respectable citizen engaged in 




                                                                 
             the business of service of providing internet and cable network and is 

             also engaged in social and political activities.       The petitioner has 




                                                    
             stated that his rivals have involved him in several criminal cases. The 
                                    
             petitioner has stated that he was issued a notice to show cause why 
                                   
             he   should   not   be   externed   from   the   limits   of   Mumbai,   Mumbai 

             Suburbs, Thane and Raigad District.   The said notice was based on 
               


             old   and  stale   cases and on   wrong  information.  The  petitioner  has 
            



             stated that despite his reply, the externing authority passed a cryptic 

             order which is based on material which is not disclosed in the show 





             cause notice.   The petitioner has stated that the externment order is 

             excessive.       The   petitioner   has   stated   that   there   is   no   subjective 





             satisfaction   of   the   fact   that   the  witnesses   are   not   willing   to   come 

             forward   to   give   evidence   in   public   against   him   by   reason   of 




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             apprehension of safety of their person or property.     The petitioner 

             has stated that he has been externed at the behest of his rivals while 




                                                                                          
             the main co-accused has been set free. The petitioner has stated that 




                                                                  
             the externment order as well as the order passed by the Appellate 

             Authority   reflects   non   application   of   mind   and   deserves   to   be 




                                                                 
             quashed.




                                                    
             8.     Learned   Senior   Counsel   Shri.   Chitnis,   appearing   for   the   has 
                                    
             argued that in view of Article 19(d) and (e) it is the fundamental 
                                   
             right of every citizen of India to move freely throughout the territory 

             of India.   He has further argued that provisions of Section 56 of the 
               


             Bombay Police Act, which is restrictive of fundamental rights, can be 
            



             invoked if and only if the authority is satisfied that such action is 

             essential to maintain public order or when the acts of the proposed 





             externee causes danger, harm or alarm to person or property of the 

             public at large and not of one or two persons from the public.  The 





             contention   of   learned   Sr.   Counsel   Shri   Chitnis   is   that   there   is   no 

             material   to   believe   that   the   petitioner   is   involved   in   any   activity 




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             referred to in clause (a) and (b) of Section 56(1) and that the order 

             reflects total non-application of mind.




                                                                                         
                                                                
             9.    Learned Sr. Counsel Mr. Chitnis next contended that the alleged 

             activity of the petitioner in Criminal Writ petition no. 1813/13, as 




                                                               
             alleged   in   the   notice  was restricted to Gopal Nagar  and the  areas 

             within   the   jurisdiction   of   Worli   Police   Station   and   that   the   said 




                                                   
             petitioner   was   called   upon   to   show   cause   why   he   should   not   be 
                                   
             externed   from   the   limits   of   Gr.   Bombay,   New   Mumbai   and   Thane 
                                  
             District.     Whereas,   the   impugned   order   extends   to   Bombay,   New 

             Mumbai, Thane and Raigad Districts. He, therefore, claims that the 
               


             order is excessive.     Learned Sr. Counsel Mr. Chitnis has submitted 
            



             that the restrictions imposed by the Authority are unreasonable and 

             are violative of fundamental rights of the petitioner.





             10.    Learned Senior Counsel Mr. Chitnis has further argued that the 

             order in Criminal Writ Petition No. 529 of 2014 stands vitiated for 





             non compliance of provision under Section 59 of the Act. Learned 

             Senior Counsel Mr. Chitnis has next contended that the Authority had 



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             not recorded the finding that the witnesses are not coming forward 

             to give evidence against the petitioner in public so far as the grounds 




                                                                                       
             mentioned in the impugned order and that such satisfaction was not 




                                                               
             conveyed to the petitioner in the notice issued under Section 59 and 

             that   non   compliance   with   mandatory   requirements   vitiates   the 




                                                              
             externment proceedings. He has urged that the said order has been 

             passed   without   going   into   the   merits   of   the   matter   and   without 




                                                  
             considering the provisions of law. Learned Sr. Counsel Mr. Chitnis has 
                                  
             contended   that   the   restrictions   imposed   by   the   Authority   are 
                                 
             unreasonable and are violative of fundamental rights of the petitioner 

             and consequently the order cannot be sustained. 
               
            



             11.     In support of this contention, learned Sr. Counsel Shri Chitnis 

             has relied upon the following judgments :-





             i)   Balu vs. The Divisional Magistrate, Pandharpur 1969 Mh.L.J. 387
             ii)   Pandharinath   Shridhar   Rangnekar   vs.   Dy.   Commissioner   of  
             Police, AIR 1973 SC 630.





             iii)  Yeshwant Damodar Patil vs. Hemant Karkare, 1989 Mh.L.J. 1111.
             iv)   Ganpat @Ganesh Tanaji Katare vs. Asst. Commissiner of Police  
             2005 All MR (Cri) 2717.



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             12.   Learned   APP   Shri   Yagnik   has   argued   that   the   petitioner   in 




                                                                                        
             Criminal   Writ   petition   No.   1813/13   is   involved   in   several   serious 




                                                                
             crimes and that he had created terror in the minds of the witnesses, 

             due to which they were not coming forward to depose against the 




                                                               
             petitioner   and   that   the   court   cannot   interfere   with   the   subjective 

             satisfaction of the authority. Refuting the contention that the order is 




                                                   
             excessive,   learned   APP   Mr.Yagnik   has   contended   that   the   areas   of 
                                   
             externment   are   contiguous   and   are   in   close   proximity   and 
                                  
             considering   the   modes   of   transport   and   connectivity,   and   having 

             regard to the criminal activities of the petitioner; the authority was 
               

             fully satisfied in externing the petitioner from the limits of Mumbai, 
            



             New Mumbai, Thane and Raigad Districts.   He, therefore, claims that 

             the order in criminal writ petition no.1813/13 is not excessive.





             13.   Learned APP Mr. Yagnik has contended that the petitioner in 

             Criminal Writ Petition No.529 of 2014 is involved in serious crimes 





             and had terrorized the witnesses due to which the witnesses were not 

             coming forward to depose against the petitioner. Refutting to the in 



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             camera statements, he contends that there was sufficient record, for 

             the   Authority   to   record   satisfaction   that   the   witnesses   were   not 




                                                                                       
             coming   forward   to   depose   against   the   petitioner   in   Criminal   Writ 




                                                               
             Petition No. 529 of 2014. He has vehemently argued that there is 

             complete compliance with the mandatory provisions of the Act and 




                                                              
             that the subjective satisfaction of the Authority cannot be interfered 

             with.




                                                  
             14.
                                   
                     We have perused the material placed before us and considered 
                                  
             the arguments advanced by the learned Sr. Counsel Mr. Chitnis for 

             the petitioner and the learned APP Mr. Yagnik for the State.
               
            



             15.     Article   19(1)(d)   and   (1)(e)   of   the   Constitution   of   India 

             guarantees   fundamental   rights   to   all   citizens   to   move   freely 





             throughout the territory of India and to reside and settle in any part 

             of the territory.   Article 19(5) of the Constitution permits imposition 

             of   reasonable   restrictions   on   exercise   of   such   fundamental   rights 





             either in the interest of the general public or for the protection of the 

             interests of any Schedule Tribe  Section 56 of the Bombay Police Act 



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             is one of the provisions in Chapter V of the Bombay Police Act which, 

             as a special measure of maintenance of public order and safety of the 




                                                                                    
             State,   imposes   temporary   restrictions   on   the   fundamental   rights 




                                                            
             guaranteed by Article 19 of the Constitution of India.

             Section 56(1)(a) (b) provides that :




                                                           
                    [(1)] Whenever it shall appear in Greater Bombay and 
                    other   areas   for   which   a   Commissioner   has   been 
                    appointed under section 7 to the Commissioner and in 




                                                
                    other area or areas to which the State Government may, 
                    by   notification   in   the   Official   Gazette,   extend   the 
                                 
                    provisions  of   this  section, to  the  District  Magistrate, or 
                    the Sub- Divisional Magistrate empowered by the State 
                    Government in that behalf 
                                
                    (a) That the movements or acts of any person are causing 
                    or calculated to cause alarm, danger or harm to person or 
               

                    property or.
            



                    (b) that there are reasonable grounds for believing that 
                    such person is engaged or is about to be engaged in the 
                    commission of an offence involving force or violence or 





                    an offence punishable under Chapter XII, XVI or XVII of 
                    the Indian Penal Code, or in the abetment of any such 
                    offence and when in  the  opinion   of   such   officer 
                    witnesses   are   not   willing   to   come   forward   to   give 
                    evidence in public against  such   person   by   reason   of 





                    apprehension on their part as regards the safety of their 
                    person or property, or.




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             15.   Summarizing   Section   56(1)(a)(b),   it   can   be   said   that   the 

             Externing Authority can pass the order of externment on any one of 




                                                                                         
             the following activities:-




                                                                
             a)      That   the   movements   or   acts   of   any   person   are   causing   or 
             calculated to cause alarm, danger or harm to the person or property.




                                                               
             b)    That   there   are   reasonable   grounds   for   believing   that   such 
             person is engaged or is about to be engaged in commission of offence 
             involving force or violence; 




                                                   
             Or an offence punishable under Chapter XII, XVI, XVII of I.P.C. ; 
                                   
             Or in the abetment of any such offence;
             And when in the opinion of such officer, witnesses are not willing to 
                                  
             come   forward   to   give   evidence   in   public   against   such   person   by 
             reason   of  apprehension  on  their part  as regard  the  safety  of their 
             person or property.
               
            



             16.   Section   59   of   the   Bombay   Police   Act   mandates   that   before 

             passing of externment order the proposed externee shall be informed 





             in writing of the general nature of the allegations against him and 

             give him a reasonable opportunity of tendering an explanation, and 





             on filing the application, permit him to examine witnesses, unless the 

             authority   is   of   the   opinion   that   such   application   was   vexatious  or 




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             made to delay the proceedings.




                                                                                        
             17.   The scope and ambit of the Section 56(1)(a) and (b) was dealt 




                                                                
             by   this  court   in   the  case  of  Balu vs.   The Divisional Magistrate,  

             Pandharpur reported in 1969 Mh.L.J. 387, it was held that :




                                                               
                     " The  expression  "alarm, danger or harm to person  or 
                     property", which occurs in Section 56(a) of the Bombay 
                     Police Act, must if possible be so interpreted as to ensure 




                                                  
                     that the provisions of that section are in conformity with 
                     the fundamental rights guaranteed by Art. 19(1)(d) and 
                                  
                     (e)   of   the   Constitution.   It   must   follow   that   the 
                     expression   "alarm,   danger   or   harm   to   person   or 
                     property" must be held to refer to the alarm, danger or 
                                 
                     harm to person or property of the public at large, and 
                     not   of   one   or   two   individuals   among   the   public.   This 
                     inference also follows from the fact that Chapter V of the 
                     Bombay Police Act, in which Section 56 falls, bears the 
               


                     heading   "Special   Measures   for   Maintenance   of   Public 
                     Order and Safety of State." ... It seems obvious that an 
            



                     order   under   Section   56(a)   cannot   be   made   on   the 
                     ground   that   such   an   order   was   necessary   for   the 
                     preservation   of   peace   or   the   maintenance   of   law   and 
                     order in a particular locality.





             18.   In the case of Pandharinath Shridhar Rangnekar vs. Dy.  





             Commissioner   of   Police   reported   in   AIR   1973   SC   630,   the 

             Apex Court has held that :




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                              ...These   provisions   show   that   the   reasons   which 
                      necessitate or justify the passing of an externment order 
                      arise   out   of   extraordinary   circumstances.   An   order   of 




                                                                                        
                      externment   can   be   passed   under   Clause   (a)   or   (b)   or 
                      selection 56 if, and only if, the authority concerned is 




                                                                
                      satisfied that witnesses are unwilling to come forward to 
                      give evidence in public against the proposed externee by 
                      reason   of   apprehension   on   their   part   as   regards   the 
                      safety of their person or property.  




                                                               
                      ... Section 59 of the Act imposes but a limited obligation 
                      on the authorities to inform the proposed externee "of 
                      the   general   nature   of   the   material   allegations   against 
                      him". That obligation fixes the limits of the correlative 




                                                   
                      right of the proposed externee. He is entitled before an 
                      order of externment is passed under s. 56 to know the 
                                   
                      material allegations against him and the general nature 
                      of those allegations. He is not entitled to be informed of 
                      specific particulars relating to the material allegations.
                                  
             19.     In   the   case   of   Yeshwant   Damodar   Patil   vs.   Hemant  
               


             Karkare reported in 1989 Mh.L.J. 1111, this Court has held 
            



             that:

                      "The fact that the proposed externee is engaged or is 
                      about to be engaged in one or the other type of the 





                      activity   or   movement   in   Clauses   (a)   and   (b)   of 
                      section   56(i)   of   the   Bombay   Police   Act,   is   not 
                      sufficient   by   itself   to   warrant   an   order   of 
                      externment.   That   fact,   coupled   with   the   opinion 





                      formed by the designated officer that witnesses are 
                      not   willing   to   come   forward   to   give   evidence   in 
                      public for the reasons mentioned in clauses (a) and 
                      (b) of section 56(i) of the Bombay Police Act, will 
                      provide a proper basis for the exercise of the power 


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                        of externment under the provisions of the Act....

                        ...in every case of acts involved on the part of the 




                                                                                            
                        proposed   externee,   where   an   order   of   externment 
                        proposed to be passed, it is necessary that the officer 




                                                                    
                        concerned  must  be  satisfied that  witnesses are  not 
                        willing   to   come   forward   to   give   evidence   against 
                        him. Notice of such satisfaction must also necessarily 
                        be given to the proposed externee under section 59 




                                                                   
                        of the Bombay Police Act.


             20.           As   regards   the   area   of   the   externment,   in   the   case   of 




                                                      
             Pandharinath (supra) the Apex Court has held  it was held that :-
                                      
                       "..It is primarily for the externing authority to decide how 
                       best the externment order can be made effective so as to 
                                     
                       subserve its real purpose.  How long, within the statutory 
                       limit   of   2   years   fixed   by   Section   58,   the   order   shall 
                       operate   and   to   what   territories,   within   the   statutory 
                       limitations  of Section 56, it  should extend, are  matters 
                

                       which must depend for their decision on the nature of the 
                       data   which   the   authority   is   able   to   collect   in   the 
             



                       externment proceedings.   There are cases and cases and 
                       therefore  no general formulation can be  made that the 
                       order of externment must always be restricted to the area 
                       to which the illegal activities of the externee extend.   A 





                       larger area may conceivably have to be comprised with 
                       the externment order so as to isolate the externee from 
                       his moorings."





               21.       In the case of Ganpat @ Ganesh Tanaji Katare vs. Asst. 

               Commissioner of Police 2005 All MR (Cri) 2717, this Court has 




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             held that :

                     "....the order  or externment needs to be restricted to the 




                                                                                           
                     area in which illegal activities of the externee are carried 
                     on.   A larger area may always form part of externment 




                                                                   
                     order.  In case where activities are confined to particular 
                     district, the order may extend to both districts.     Mere 
                     geographical proximity is no ground to extend the order 
                     of externment to another district in which there are no 




                                                                  
                     objectionable activities by the externee.
                     ...  The area to which order of externment is to operate 
                     must be chosen with a view to meet the situation created 
                     by   the   objectionable   acts   of   the   person   sought   to   be 




                                                     
                     externed."
                                    
                                   
             22.    It is thus well settled that the externment can be ordered only 

             when it is necessary to prevent any person from acting in any way 

             prejudicial to public safety or maintenance of public order. The object 
               
            



             of  externment   is  to  keep the  externee  away  from  the   place  of  his 

             moorings and to make it as difficult as possible to return to the place 





             of   his   activities.   However,   there   is   no   straight   jacket   formula   to 

             determine the area of externment.   It is primarily for the Externing 

             Authority   to   deide   how   best   the   externment   order   can   be   made 





             effective   so   as   to   subserve   the   real   purpose   and   it   is   within   the 

             domain of the Externing Authority to exercise judicial discretion and 



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             determine the extent of the area/areas from which the externee is to 

             be externed. Such decision would vary from case to case depending 




                                                                                          
             on   peculiar   facts   and   exigencies   of   each   case,   area/areas   of 




                                                                  
             objectionable activities, connectivity, available mode of transport, the 

             purpose of externment etc.   It therefore follows that the externment 




                                                                 
             beyond   the   area   of   activity   cannot   per   se   be   excessive   if   it   is 

             necessitated   to   meet   the   object   of   externment   and   provided   the 




                                                    
             procedure   laid   down   under   the  Act   is   duly   followed.     The   test  of 
                                    
             excessiveness is whether the order exceeds the object of externment.
                                   
             23.    Reverting to the facts of the present petitions, the petitioner in 
               


             Criminal   Writ   Petition   No.   1813   of   2013   was   issued   notice   under 
            



             Section 59 of the Act.  The notice states that since 2001 the petitioner 

             and   his   associates   were   involved   in   committing   criminal   activities 





             such   as   extorting   money,   assaulting   and   abusing   and   had   thereby 

             caused or attempted to cause danger to the lives or the property of 





             the residents, hawkers and businessmen from Gopal Nagar and other 

             adjoining  areas within the jurisdiction of of Worli police station. The 

             said notice refers to five crimes registered against the petitioner at 


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             Worli Police Station and the preventive measures taken against him 

             under Section 107 and 110 of Cr.P.C. in the year 2002, 2003, 2006 




                                                                                         
             and 2009.  




                                                                 
             24.    The notice further states that the discreet  inquiry revealed that 




                                                                
             apart from the said crimes, the petitioner and his associates were also 

             extorting money from the residents, hawkers and businessmen from 




                                                   
             Worli, Dadar and adjoining areas within the jurisdiction of Worli and 
                                   
             Dadar   Police   Station,  and  that   due   to   the   fear,   the   said  aggrieved 
                                  
             persons   were   not   coming   forward   to   give   evidence   against   the 

             petitioner.   The   petitioner   was   called   upon   to   show   cause   why   he 
               


             should not be externed from Gr.Mumbai, New Mumbai, and Thane. 
            



             Subsequently by  the impugned order which is within the purport of 

             Section 56(1)(a),(b) of   the Bombay Police Act   the petitioner was 





             externed from Gr.Mumbai, Thane and Raigad  for two years.





             24.    The notice reveals that the alleged activities of the petitioner 

             were   restricted   to   Gopal   Nagar   and   adjoining   areas   within   the 

             jurisdiction   of   Worli   and  Dadar   Police   Stations   and   the   petitioner 


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             was called upon to show cause as to why he should not be externed 

             from the limits of Gr. Mumbai, New Bombay and Thane. The show 




                                                                                        
             cause   notice   does   not   state   that   the   petitioner   was   involved   in 




                                                                
             committing any illegal or criminal activities at Raigad. The petitioner 

             was not called upon to show cause why he should not be externed 




                                                               
             from   Raigad.   Despite   which   the   petitioner   has   been  externed   not 

             only from Gr. Mumbai and Thane but is externed also from Raigad, 




                                                  
             without there being any nexus between the said area of externment 
                                   
             and the alleged area of criminal activity.     The Externing Authority 
                                  
             has not given any reasons for externing the petitioner from Raigad 

             i.e. beyond the area of criminal activity or the area spelt out in the 
               


             notice.   The externment order therefore is in violation of principles 
            



             of natural justice and suffers from vice of excessive externment. The 

             externment   order   amounts   to   unreasonable   restriction   on   the 





             fundamental   rights   of   the   petitioner.     Consequently,   the   order   in 

             Criminal Writ petition  is liable to be quashed. 





             25.   Reverting to the facts of the Criminal Writ petition No. 529 of 

             2014, by the externment order dated 26.09.2013 the petitioner has 



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             been externed from Mumbai and Mumbai Suburbs.  The externment 

             order specifically states that petitioner has carried out activities and 




                                                                                        
             committed  offences  which  constitute  grounds of  externment  under 




                                                                
             Clause (a) of Section 56(1) as well as first and second part of clause 

             (b)   of   Section   56(1)   of   the   Bombay   Police   Act.       The   Externing 




                                                               
             Authority has also recorded satisfaction that due to the illegal and 

             criminal activities of the petitioner, the witnesses and the victims are 




                                                   
             not   ready   to   depose   against   the   petitioner   by   reason   of   their 
                                   
             apprehension as regards the safety of their person or property.
                                  

             26.    The impugned order therefore is within the purport of Section 
               


             56(1)(a)  and  (b)  of the  Act.   It  is however to be  noted that  vide 
            



             notice   dated   28.05.2012   the   petitioner   was   informed   that   since 





             January   2012   his   movements   and   activities   had   caused   or   were 

             calculated   to   cause   danger,   harm   and   alarm   to   the   persons   or 

             properties of the residents, shop owners business men and women 





             from the area/areas within the jurisdiction of Trombay Police Station. 

             The petitioner was informed that he was involved in commission of 



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             serious offences involving force and violence.  In Para no.3(a) of the 

             notice it was stated that the petitioner was involved in intimidating 




                                                                                       
             and assaulting the residents, businessmen etc of the said locality by 




                                                               
             means   of   deadly   weapons   and   had     terrorized   the   said   residents 

             businessmen etc by committing   offences punishable under Chapter 




                                                              
             XVI and XVII of I.P.C. A brief narration of  C.R.No. 247 of 2012 and 

             97 of 2013 is given in para 3(a)(i) and (ii) of the notice and the 




                                                  
             details of the other crimes are specified in para 5 of the notice.
                                   
                                  
             27.    The   notice   at   para  3(b)  further  states the  petitioner and his 

             associates were assaulting and terrorizing the people due to which, 
               


             no one was ready to depose against him in public.  A brief narration 
            



             on In camera statement is given in para 3(b)(1) and (2) of the notice. 





             At para 4 of the notice it is stated that due to the activities specified 

             in para 3(b) (1) and (2) of the notice, the victims and the witnesses 

             were   not   coming  forward to  depose  against  him in  public as they 





             apprehended danger to their lives and properties.     The petitioner 

             was   therefore   called   upon   to   show   cause   why   he   should   not   be 



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             externed from the limits of Mumbai, Mumbai Suburban, Thane and 

             Raigad District.




                                                                                           
                                                                   
             28.    The   notice   spells   out   the   activities   which   constitute   grounds 




                                                                  
             under clause (a) of Section 56(1) as well as grounds under first and 

             second   part   of   clause(b)   of   Section   56(1)   of   the   Act.       However, 




                                                     
             satisfaction   that   the   witnesses   are   not   coming   forward   to   depose 
                                    
             against   the   petitioner   is   recorded   only   in   respect   of   the   activities 

             stated   in   para   3(b)   (1)   and   (2)   of   the   notice,   which   constitutes 
                                   
             grounds under first part of Clause (b) of Section 56(1) of the Act. 

             No such satisfaction is spelt out in respect of activities stated in paras 
               


             2, 3(a) & 5 of the notice, which constitute grounds under clause (a) 
            



             of Section 56(1) and second part of clause (b) of Section 56(1) of the 





             Act.  Nonetheless the Externing Authority has externed the petitioner 

             under clause (a) and second part of clause (b) of Section 56(1) of the 

             Act.   The order is not in accordance with the principles laid down by 





             the Division Bench of this Court in the case of Yeshwant vs. Hemant 

             Karkare   (Supra)   and   is   in  breach   of   rules   of   natural   justice.     The 



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             impugned   order   amounts   to   unreasonable   restriction   on   the 

             fundamental right guaranteed by Article 19 of the Constitution and 




                                                                                            
             hence cannot be sustained. 




                                                                    
                                                                   
             29.     Under the circumstances and in view of discussion supra, we 

             pass the following order:-




                                                        
                                                        ORDER
             i.      Both petitions are allowed.
                                     
             ii.     The order of externment dated 5.9.2012 passed by the Deputy 
               


Commissioner of Police against Satish Shagun Korgaonkar, who is petitioner in Writ Petition No.1813 of 2013, and the order dated 26.9.2013 passed by the Appellate Authority, thereby dismissing the appeal filed by the petitioner are quashed and set aside.

iii. The order of externment dated 26.9.2013 passed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police against Akbar Hussein Shafi Hussein, who is petitioner in Writ Petition No. 529 of 2014, and the order dated salgaonkar 23 of 24 ::: Downloaded on - 23/04/2014 23:33:42 ::: 1813-13 and 529-14-WP-Judgment.doc 21.1.2014 passed by the Appellate Authority, thereby dismissing the appeal filed by the petitioner are quashed and set aside.





                                                                                 
                                                        
             iv.   Rule is made absolute in above terms




                                                       
             (ANUJA PRABHUDESSAI, J.)      (NARESH H. PATIL, J.) 




                                             
                                
                               
               
            






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