https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173468 The Supreme Court granted special leave to consider the validity of a detention order under Section 3(1) of the COFEPOSA Act based on possession of gold biscuits and an alleged confessional statement. The Court found that the failure to present the retraction of the statement before the detaining authority rendered the detention order invalid. As the retraction was crucial in forming the subjective satisfaction for detention, the Court quashed the order and directed the detenu's immediate release, given the time already spent in detention. The appeal was allowed, and the detention order was overturned. en-us Wed, 20 Mar 1991 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 11:49:24 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173468 The Supreme Court granted special leave to consider the validity of a detention order under Section 3(1) of the COFEPOSA Act based on possession of gold biscuits and an alleged confessional statement. The Court found that the failure to present the retraction of the statement before the detaining authority rendered the detention order invalid. As the retraction was crucial in forming the subjective satisfaction for detention, the Court quashed the order and directed the detenu's immediate release, given the time already spent in detention. The appeal was allowed, and the detention order was overturned. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 20 Mar 1991 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173468