JUDGMENT - VISHNU SAHAI, J.:---Through this writ petition preferred under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner who describes herself as the mother of the detenu Farooq @ Firoz Hasan Bagwan, has impugned the detention order dated 30-11-2000, passed by the 1st respondent Mr. M.N. Singh, Commissioner of Police, Brihan Mumbai, detaining the detenu under sub-section (1) of section 3 of Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers, Drug Offenders and Dangerous Persons Act, 1981 (No. LV of 1981) (Amendment-1996), hereinafter referred to as "the M.P.D.A. Act").

The detention order along with the grounds of detention, which are also dated 30-11-2000, was served on the detenu on 5-12-2000 and their true copies are annexed as Annexures A and B respectively to this petition.

2. A perusal of the grounds of detention shows that the impugned order is founded on Three CRs. One L.A.C. (Local Act Case), and two in camera statements, the details of which are as under:

(i) (a) C.R. No. 160/2000 under sections 324, 34 I.P.C. registered on the basis of a complaint dated 14-3-2000 filed by one Nasruddin Kamaluddin Ansari, at Oshiwara Police Station (referred

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