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2017 (9) TMI 1980
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....NDRESH AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.SATHISH KUMAR For the Petitioner : Mr.R.Alagumani For the Respondent : Mr.C.Ramesh Additional Public Prosecutor ORDER M.M.SUNDRESH, J. The petitioner is the detenu, namely, Jeganathan @ Jegan, son of Thangam, male, aged about 36 years. The detenu has been detained by the second respondent by his order in Detention Order No.24/2017, dated 12.04.2017, ....
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....ich on a perusal would show that the affidavit of the sponsoring authority has been attested by the detaining authority. 4. Per contra, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor while reiterating the averments in the counter affidavit would submit that the order of detention has been passed on cogent and sufficient materials and the same cannot be interfered with at the instance of the petitioner.....
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....the said affidavit, duly attested by the Commissioner of Police, the very same Commissioner of Police, Madurai, in his capacity as the Detaining Authority passed the order of detention on 21 April, 2016, which is challenged in H.C.P.(MD) No.556 of 2016. 40.The Act mandates that the Commissioner of Police must arrive a satisfaction on the basis of materials placed before him. In case the ma....
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....ven before the commencement of statutory proceedings for detention. In short, the Commissioner of Police himself was part of the team of complainants otherwise called as sponsoring authorities. Thereafter, he turned the chair and acted in a different capacity as the Detaining Authority. The sponsoring authority and Detaining Authority are practically one and the same in all these matters. 43. Th....