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Cause has been shown by Mr. Debabrata Mukherjee and other Counsel on behalf of the respondent to whom notice of the rule was ordered to be given.

The case of the petitioners will be considered in the following three groups: (1) Petitioners nos. 2, 4, 5, 6, 16, 17, 20 and 26, (2) Petitioners nos. 1, 3, 7, 10, 12, 13, 19 and 22, (3) Petitioners nos. 8, 9 and 21. By the order of this Court dated October 18, 1968, the cases as regards petitioners nos. 11, 14, 15, 18, 23, 24, 25, 27 to 30 were dismissed as they were reported to have been released. As regards petitioner no. 5, Subhas Chandra Bose alias Kanta Bose, the order of detention was made on January 20, 1968 by the District Magistrate, Howrah and reads as follows:

"No. 202/C Dated, Howrah, the 20th January, 1968 WHEREAS I am satisfied with respect to the person known as Shri Kanta Bose alias Subhas Chandra Bose son of Shri Sishir Kumar Bose of 26, Nilmoni Mallick Lane, P.S. and Distt Howrah, that with a view to preventing him from acting in any manner prejudicial to the maintenance of public order it is necessary so to do , therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 3(2) of the Preventive Detention Act, 1950 (Act IV of 1950), I make this order directing that the said Shri Kanta Bose alias Subhas Chandra Bose be detained.
(a) That on 3-11-65 at about 17/30 hrs. you assaulted Shri Ashutosh Dutta son of Shri Pyari Mohan Dutta of 55, M.C. Ghosh Lane, P.W. Howrah at the crossing of Panchanan Tala Road and M.C. Ghosh Lane, with knife causing bleeding injuries on his hand.
(b) That on 8-10-66 at about 16.00 hrs. while Shri Mahesh Prosad Bhagal son of Balgobinda Bhagal of 16, Belilious Road, P.S. Howrah was playing in an open field, you along with your associates demanded money from him and on his refusal you hurled cracker on him causing grievous injury on his right leg-
(c) That on 8-6-67 at about 11.40 hrs. you accosted one Sushanta Kumar Ghosh son of Manmatha Ghosh of 2/1/1, Danesh Sk. Lane inside a saloon at 255, Panchanantala Road on previous grudge and being intervened by Shri Shyamal Biswas son of Sandhya Biswas of 255, panchanantala Road, P.S. Howrah, you whipped out a dagger and assaulted Shri Biswas with the dagger causing injury on his hand.
(d) That on 23-11-67 at about 22.45 hrs. you hurled cracker on A.S.I.B. Kundu of Bantra P.S. while he was coming to Howrah along panchanantala Road in a wireless van and caused injury to the A.S.I. and damage to the wireless van.