Y. BHASKAR RAO, J.

( 1 ) THE petitioner-Arulsamy Sebastain filed the writ petition assailing his detention orders dated 1-11-1996 passed by the first respondent- the Secretary to Government (Political General administration) (Law andorder -II) Department, government of A. P. , Hyderabad under section 3 (1) (i) and (iii) of the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of smuggling Activities Act, 19. 74 (as amended) (for short the Act )

( 2 ) IT is stated that when the petitioner boarded the Indian Airlines Flight IC 591 on 16-9-1996 at about 10-00 p. m. and when the flight was to take off, a few D. R. I. Officers came to the flight and off loaded him and brought him down. The petitioner was travelling to Sharjah for getting visas for various jobs at Gulf Countries. The petitioner had been four times earlier to Sharjah. The d. R. I. Officers had falsely alleged that he had been illegally exporting foreign currency through Hyderabad Air Port, Hyderabad and further alleged that they have recovered foreign currency from a bag brought by him, but the petitioner denied the said allegation. It is further stated that the D. R. I. Officers extorted a false and incriminating statement

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