Mohammad Ahsan Antoo V. State and Ors.

  • Ishita Singh
  • July 24, 2020

Content :

The case of Mohammad Ahsan Antoov State and Ors. deals with the procedure of inquiry after detention of a person by the authorities. The question of law in the case was: what quantity and quality of documents produced, under Section 107 and 151 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, before the Detaining Authority for their satisfaction were adequate? The case analysis deals with the following sub-topics: the facts of the case, legal provisions involved, contentions of both the parties, the principles and the precedents applied in the case, constitutional protection given to preventive detention law and the detenue, misuse of the power under Section 151, a comparative analysis with the law in US, and the analysis of the judgment by the author.