https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=170899 Preventive detention under COFEPOSA was held unsustainable where the relevant material was available months before the order, no fresh material intervened, and the unexplained delay snapped the live link between the prejudicial activity and detention. The pendency of criminal prosecution did not by itself justify detention, and the authority still had to show why preventive action was necessary on the existing material. As the order rested mainly on the confession and recoveries, while the detenue had already been granted bail and no similar offending was shown, the detention order was quashed and release was directed unless required in another case. en-us Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 26 Jun 2015 14:52:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=170899 Preventive detention under COFEPOSA was held unsustainable where the relevant material was available months before the order, no fresh material intervened, and the unexplained delay snapped the live link between the prejudicial activity and detention. The pendency of criminal prosecution did not by itself justify detention, and the authority still had to show why preventive action was necessary on the existing material. As the order rested mainly on the confession and recoveries, while the detenue had already been granted bail and no similar offending was shown, the detention order was quashed and release was directed unless required in another case. Case-Laws Customs Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=170899