Law: West Pakistan Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance, 1960

Section: 3(I)

West Pakistan Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance (XXXI of 1960)  S. 3(I)-Preventive detention-Detention order passed at time when subversive activities such as bomb-blast and damaging public and private properties started on account of impending announce ment of judgment .of Supreme Court first in appeal of a Party Leader against arentence of death and secondly in review petition- Detenu, an ardent office-bearer of Party. reported to detaining authority as having made provocative speeches in workers' meet ings, inciting class hatred and disaffection towards Government- Impugned order, held based upon genuine apprehension and right ly passed against petitioner, in circumstances.-[Preventive detention]. Rehman v. The Province of East Pakistan and others P L 11) 1969 Dacca 339 ; Rajah Muttu Ramlinga Setupati v: Perianayagum Pillai 1 I A 209 and Malik Ghulam Jillani v. Government of West Pakistan P L D 1969 S C 673 ref. Date of hearing : 9th April, 1979.                                                                                                                 JUDGMENT This petition is directed against the order dated 2nd February, 1979 passed by the District Magistrate, D. G. Khan under section 3(1) of the West Pakistan Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance, 1960, detaining the petitioner for a period of three months. 2. Necessary record of the case has been produced and perused with the assistance of the learned counsel for the parties: The grounds of detention which were served upon the petitioner within time show that the petitioner was initially involved in a case under sections 302/307, 148/149, P. P. C. registered against him vide F. I. R. No. 110 dated 22nd April, 1977. It is not indicated in the grounds as to what happened to this case. He is alleged to have made a speech on 27th of August, 1978 at a meeting held at Block `B', D. G. Khan City, spreading hatred…