{"id":82037,"date":"2009-04-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-27T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/jaffar-alias-abdul-jaffar-vs-the-state-of-tamil-nadu-on-28-april-2009"},"modified":"2016-05-23T03:46:04","modified_gmt":"2016-05-22T22:16:04","slug":"jaffar-alias-abdul-jaffar-vs-the-state-of-tamil-nadu-on-28-april-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/jaffar-alias-abdul-jaffar-vs-the-state-of-tamil-nadu-on-28-april-2009","title":{"rendered":"Jaffar Alias Abdul Jaffar vs The State Of Tamil Nadu on 28 April, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Madras High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Jaffar Alias Abdul Jaffar vs The State Of Tamil Nadu on 28 April, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT\n\nDATED : 28\/04\/2009\n\nCORAM\nTHE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.CHOCKALINGAM\nAND\nTHE HONOURABLE Ms.JUSTICE R.MALA\n\nHCP (MD) No.818 of 2008\n\nJaffar alias Abdul Jaffar\t\t\t\t.. Petitioner\n\nvs\n\n1.The State of Tamil Nadu\n  Rep. by its\n  Secretary to Government\n  Home, Prohibition and\n\tExcise (XVI) Department\n  Fort St. George\n  Chennai 600 009.\n2.District Magistrate and\n\tDistrict Collector\n  Virudhunagar District\n  Virudhunagar\n3.The Superintendent of Prison\n  Madurai Central Prison\n  Madurai\n4.The Secretary\n  Advisory Board\n  Coovam House\n  Swamy Sivanandha Salai\n  Chennai 600 002.\t\t\t\t\t.. Respondents\n\n\tHabeas corpus petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of\nIndia praying to issue a writ of habeas corpus calling for entire records\nconnected with the detention order of the respondent no.2 in\nCr.M.P.No.23\/08\/Drug Offender\/dated 18.9.2008 and quash the same and direct the\nrespondents to produce the body and person of the detenu by name Jaffar @ Abdul\nJaffar, aged about 52 years, son of Nagoor Meeran, now confined at Madurai\nCentral Prison before this Court and set him at liberty forthwith.\n\n!For Petitioner\t\t...  Mr.R.Alagumani\n^For Respondents\t...  Mr.N.Daniel Manohar\n\t\t\t     Additional Public\n\t\t\t\tProsecutor\n\n:ORDER\n<\/pre>\n<p>(Order of the Court was made by M.CHOCKALINGAM, J.)<br \/>\n\tThis petition challenges an order of the second respondent made in<br \/>\nCr.M.P.No.23\/2008 dated 18.9.2008 whereby the petitioner herein was ordered to<br \/>\nbe detained under Act 14\/82 branding him as a Drug Offender.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t2.Admittedly, there were three adverse cases namely (1) Sivakasi Town PS<br \/>\nCr.No.1153\/2007 under Sec.8(c) r\/w 20(b)(ii)(B) of NDPS Act 1985; (2) Sivakasi<br \/>\nTown PS Cr.No.62\/2008 under Sec.8(c) r\/w 20(b)(ii)(B) of NDPS Act 1985; and (3)<br \/>\nSivakasi East PS Cr.No.576\/2008 under Sec.8(c) r\/w 20(b)(ii)(B) of NDPS Act<br \/>\n1985, and also a ground case registered by Thiruthangal Police Station in Crime<br \/>\nNo.395\/08 under Sec.8(c) r\/w 20(b)(ii)(B) of NDPS Act 1985. In the ground case,<br \/>\nhe was found in possession of 1500 grams of ganja, and he was arrested.  On<br \/>\nscrutiny of the materials available, the detaining authority recorded its<br \/>\nsatisfaction that the activities of the detenu were prejudicial to the<br \/>\nmaintenance of public health and public order and hence passed the order under<br \/>\nchallenge terming him as a drug offender.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t3.The order is assailed by the learned Counsel for the petitioner on two<br \/>\ngrounds:\n<\/p>\n<p>\t(a) Firstly, there was non application of mind on the part of the<br \/>\ndetaining authority since clarification as required under law was not sought for<br \/>\nby the authority.  In the instant case, as per the materials available, a case<br \/>\ncame to be registered by Thiruthangal Police Station in Crime No.395\/2008 at<br \/>\nabout 10.45 A.M. pursuant to the recovery of 1500 grams of ganja at about 9.30<br \/>\na.m. which was made under a cover of an athatchi, and also he was arrested at<br \/>\nthe spot.  The athatchi for recovery of the contraband if looked into, would<br \/>\ncontain the crime number also.  Had it been true that the athatchi was prepared<br \/>\nat the spot at about 9.30 a.m. as put forth by the investigating agency, it<br \/>\ncould not have contained the crime number at all, but it contained so.  Hence it<br \/>\ncasts a doubt whether athatchi could have come into existence as put forth by<br \/>\nthe investigating agency. Under the circumstances, the detaining authority<br \/>\nshould have called for a clarification which was a must under the circumstances<br \/>\nbut failed to do so.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t(b) Secondly, there was a delay in consideration of the representation.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t4.The Court heard the learned Additional Public Prosecutor on all the<br \/>\nabove contentions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t5.Admittedly, he is involved in three adverse cases and one ground case.<br \/>\nHe was arrested in the ground case for the alleged possession of 1500 grams of<br \/>\nganja at about 9.30 a.m., and the case came to be registered in Crime<br \/>\nNo.395\/2008 at 10.45 hours.  The contraband was recovered under a cover of<br \/>\nathatchi at the time of arrest.  Admittedly, the athatchi contained the crime<br \/>\nnumber also.  As rightly pointed out by the learned Counsel for the petitioner,<br \/>\nif the contraband was seized at 9.30 hours and the case came to be registered at<br \/>\n10.45 hours, the athatchi could not have contained the crime number.  In such a<br \/>\nsituation, the detaining authority should have called for a clarification, but<br \/>\nnot done so.  This would be indicative of the non-application of mind on the<br \/>\npart of the detaining authority, and the same has affected the impugned order.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t6.As far as the second ground namely delay, is concerned, the Hon&#8217;ble<br \/>\nMinister for PWD &amp; Law dealt with the representation on 15.10.2008 and rejected<br \/>\nthe same.  But the rejection letter was prepared only on 22.10.2008.  Thus,<br \/>\nthere was a delay of 7 days which remained unexplained.  This undue delay would<br \/>\nnot only affect the order, but also cause prejudice to the interest of the<br \/>\npetitioner herein.  On both the grounds, the order has got to be set aside.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t7.Accordingly, this habeas corpus petition is allowed setting aside the<br \/>\norder of the second respondent.  The petitioner\/detenu is directed to be set at<br \/>\nliberty forthwith unless his presence is required in connection with any other<br \/>\ncase.\n<\/p>\n<p>nsv<\/p>\n<p>To:\n<\/p>\n<p>1.The Secretary to Government<br \/>\n  Home, Prohibition and<br \/>\n\tExcise (XVI) Department<br \/>\n  Fort St. George<br \/>\n  Chennai 600 009.\n<\/p>\n<p>2.District Magistrate and<br \/>\n\tDistrict Collector<br \/>\n  Virudhunagar District<br \/>\n  Virudhunagar\n<\/p>\n<p>3.The Superintendent of Prison<br \/>\n  Madurai Central Prison, Madurai\n<\/p>\n<p>4.The Secretary<br \/>\n  Advisory Board, Coovam House<br \/>\n  Swamy Sivanandha Salai<br \/>\n  Chennai 600 002.\n<\/p>\n<p>5.The Additional Public Prosecutor<br \/>\n  Madurai Bench of Madras High Court<br \/>\n  Madurai<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madras High Court Jaffar Alias Abdul Jaffar vs The State Of Tamil Nadu on 28 April, 2009 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 28\/04\/2009 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.CHOCKALINGAM AND THE HONOURABLE Ms.JUSTICE R.MALA HCP (MD) No.818 of 2008 Jaffar alias Abdul Jaffar .. 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