' CH. MUHAMMAD MASOOD JAHANGIR, J. --- This single judgment will decide all the three WP Nos.
1298, 1333 and 1353 of 2014 filed by the petitioners involving common questions of law and facts whereby they have challenged the order dated 20.2.2014 issued by respondents No, 1 for the detention of the petitioners and others for 30 days in exercise of powers conferred upon him under sub-section (1) of Section 3 read with Section 26 of Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance, 1960 and Notification No, SOOS-03- 12/2007, dated 9.08.2008 issued by the Home Department, Government of the Punjab and ordered that they should be arrested and detained in New Central Jail, Bahawalpur on the ground that it was apprised by the District Police Officer, Bahawalpur and the Vice Chancellor, Islamia University Bahawalpur that they belonged to Anjuman Tulba Islam and involved in a number of activities prejudicial to peace and tranquility in the educational institutions, particularly in Islamia University, Bahawalpur, who also instigated the other students to indulge in activities injurious to congenial educational atmosphere under the influence of political parties backed up by a strong lobby of ATI and other powerful anti-social elements, which remain involved in spreading chaos and unrest amongst the public etc.
2. The learned counsel for the petitioners after arguing the matter at some length to the effect that registration of couple of cases against some of the petitioners as well as bald allegation against the others that their activities are prejudicial to public peace and tranquility, does not provide a reasonable ground for passing an order under sections 3 and 26 of the West Pakistan Maintenance of Public Ordinance, 1960, have opted not to press these writ petition on merits and surrendered the petitioners at the mercy of the Court with an undertaking that they will not be involved in such-like activities in future and prayed for their release on sympathetic ground as their academic career will be ruined and they have already been punished a lot.
3. On the other hand the learned Law Officer as well as the Legal Advisor appearing on behalf of IUB have not seriously opposed the prayer made by the learned counsel for the petitioners with the assertion that the petitioners should be bound down to refrain from such activities in future and act like obedient students.
4. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and perusal of the documents appended with the writ petitions as well as the impugned order, it is straightaway noticed that serious allegations have been levelled against the petitioners through the impugned orders, but keeping in view their future career who are students. It is felt appropriate to direct that any of their close blood relation like father/brother/paternal uncle shall furnish surety bond before the District Co-ordination Officer, Bahawalpur with the following undertaking.-
(i) that the petitioners will not participate them in any immoral activities;
(ii) that the petitioners will not involve them in any criminal activities/cases;
(iii) that the petitioners will be liable to be expelled from the respective educational institutions wherein they are studying in case they are found to be involved in any activities prejudicial to peace and tranquility in the educational institutions; in future during the course of their academic tenure and the said undertaking will also be countersigned by the petitioners at the time of their release from jail.
5. The surety bond containing the aforesaid undertaking shall be furnished by the close blood relation of each petitioner before the District Co-ordination Officer, Bahawalpur on 15.03.2014 at 11.00 a.m. When he will remain present in the office and subject to the furnishing of the said surety bond the impugned detention order dated 20.2.2014 shall be deemed to have been quashed to their extent. All these writ petitions are disposed of accordingly.