Supreme Court of India

Harnek Singh v. State of Punjab & Ors

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Reported as [1982] 2 S.C.R. 139
Bench A.D. Koshal J.
Decided 9 December 1981

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i39 Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act 1974, S. 3(1)-Detention Order-Offences committed by detenu in February 1980- Prosecutlon initiated under Penal Code-Detenu on bail and appearing before Magistrate from February 1980 to July 1981-Detenu taken into custody only in July 1981-Detention assailed in Court-Detention whether illegal and invalid. The brother of the petitioner had been detained under sub-section (l) of Section 3 of the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act 1974. In the writ petition to this Court under

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