2008 (2) TMI 875

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.... of detention, is a very long document and the material on the basis of which the grounds have been framed are 1712 pages comprising of 154 documents. We propose to dispose of this writ petition on a short question and would not go into the grounds of detention, in detail. 3. The learned Counsel for the petitioner has drawn our attention to the counter affidavit filed by the Detaining Authority. This counter affidavit discloses that the Detaining Authority had twice ordered detention of the detenu before actually she passed the order of detention. Sponsoring Authority made available material to the Detaining Authority on 26.9.2005, it was scrutinised and according to the Detaining Authority at that stage the proposal contained the material....

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....when ultimately the Order of Detention was issued, it was done within a day. 4. We have perused the file. On 26.12.2005 the file was placed before the Detaining Authority for the first time then it travelled back and forward and ultimately she signed the Detention Order and Detention Order was also issued on the same day. In the night the police went to arrest the detenu but did not find him at the address given. That report is also on file. There is further assertion in the affidavit filed by the Detaining Authority to the following effect: I state that I again considered all the documents together including further generated documents and directed to issue the order of detention. The contention of the learned Counsel for the petitioner....