JUDGMENT

Chelameswar, J.-Leave granted.

2. Aggrieved by the Judgment in Criminal Writ Petition No.3253 of 2011 of the Bombay High Court, the unsuccessful petitioner therein carried the matter to this Court.

3. The said writ petition was filed challenging the order of detention dated 20-07-2011 passed under Section 3(1) of the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 (henceforth referred to as 'the Act'), by the 1st respondent. By the said order it was directed that the son of the appellant named Khalil Ahmed Rashid Ahmed Kapadia (hereinafter referred to as 'the detenu') be detained under the provisions of the Act.

4. Aggrieved by the said detention order, the appellant herein made a representation to the 1st respondent praying that the detention order be revoked, for various reasons mentioned in the representation. The said representation came to be rejected by the 1st respondent by an order dated 07-09-2011. Subsequently, the appellant filed the abovementioned writ petition on 18-10-2011 challenging the order of detention. By the Judgment under challenge the said writ petition was dismissed.

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