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At another place, the Lucknow Bench has observed :

"By directing the Magistrate to immediately release a person on personal bond, this court would be innovating a procedure not providing by law."

17. The observation quoted above runs contrary to the observations of the Supreme Court made in the case of Janta Dal v. H.S. Chowdhary (1992) 4 SCC 307 in which the Supreme Court has reiterated the view of P.N. Bhagwati, J. (as he when was) in one of his articles contributed under the caption "Social Action Litigation : The Indian Experience" to the following effect:-