jurisdiction but also from districts contiguous
to his own district. The object of externment,
as provided for under section 56, is to remove
the externee from his own district where he has
has been carrying on his original activities so
as to uproot him from his own surrounding and
to sever him from his associates thereby
reducing the decree and the extent of his
activities. But if the Magistrate has
reasonable grounds to believe from the data
before him that the removal of an externee from
his own district would not be sufficient and
would not prevent the externee from continuing
his criminal activities or from being a menace
to the members of the public or to public
safety, then, he has the power to extern him
from contiguous districts as well. It is,
however, clear from the provisions of sec. 56
itself that such a belief, though it might be
subjective one, must be arrived at from
materials and data before the authority, viz.,
whether without removing such a person from
contiguous districts as well, the danger
envisaged by sec. 56 cannot be averted.
Therefore, there must be some indication either
by way of reasons or otherwise in the order
itself that the authority had reasonable ground
to believe that it was necessary to remove such
a person from a wider area then his own
district.”
