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Shri Chatterjee took up the further position that the detention in the case on hand was founded on prevention of public disorder while the acts imputed to the petitioner ex facie were aimed at a particular person and not the public generally. Lohia's(l) case and other rulings were said to reinforce this stance. The law is plain and the decided cases are concordant. A criminal act hitting a private target such as indecent assult of a woman or slapping a neighbour or knocking down a pedestrian while driving may not shake up public order. But (1) [1966] 1 S.C.R. 769.