The petitioner is the wife of Sri Satish, who is detained in the Central Prison, Bijapur pursuant to the impugned order passed by the second respondent in exercise of power conferred by Section 3(1) of the Karnataka Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Gamblers, Goondas Immoral Traffic Offenders and Slum Grabbers Act, 1985 (herein after referred to as ‘Goondas Act’). The detenu is subsequently shifted to the Central Prison in Gulbarga.

2. Sri Chandrashekhar K., learned counsel appearing for Sri Venkatesh C Mallabadi for the petitioner submits that the impugned order is bad, as no opportunity is afforded to the detenu to give representation to the State Government against the order of detention. In support of his submissions, he read out the provisions contained in Section 8(1) of the Goondas Act, which is extracted herein below:

“8 (1) When a person is detained in pursuance of a detention order, the authority making the order shall, as soon as may be, but not later than five days from the date of detention, communicate to him the grounds on which the order has been made and shall afford him the earliest opportunity of making a representation against