JUDGMENT - M.M. QAZI, J.:---The petitioner is the brother-in-law of the detenu Haresh Champakial Harde, hereinafter referred to as "the detenu". By this petition, the detenu has challenged the order dared February 29, 1984, passed by the respondent No. 1 with a view to preventing him from smuggling goods, under sub-section (i) of section 3 of the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974. The order was served on the same day and the grounds of detention were also simultaneously formulated and supplied on the same day. The report under section 3(2) was sent to the Central Government on February 24, 1984. The respondent No. 1 referred the case to the Advisory Board on March 23, 1984. The detenu made representation on April 16, 1984, which came to be rejected on April 26, 1984. The impugned order was confirmed on April 27, 1984 and the same was communicated on April 30, 1984. The incident which gave rise to the impugned order is dated 20th December, 1983 when the Customs Officers of Air Intelligence Unit, Sahar Airport, Bombay on suspicion, intercepted in the Departure Hall, one passenger by name Rashmikant Narottamdas Ghaghda, who was holding

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