Y. K. Sabharwal, J.

( 1 ) BY order, made on January 23, 1989 in exercise of powers conferrd by Section 3 (1) of the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 (as amended) (for short the Act ) the petitioner was ordered to be detained with a view to preventing him from acting in any manner prejudicial to the augmentation of foreign exchange. Briefly the facts, as emerging from the grounds of detention are these :- 2. The officers of Delhi Zonal Office of the Enforcement Directorate, on the basis of reliable information, conducted search on two business premises and one residential premises of the petitioner on July 12, 1988 under section 37 of the Foreign -Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 (for short the FERA ). As a result Rs. l,04,000. 00 and documents were recovered and seized from one business premises and certain documents were recovered and seized from residential premises. Nothing was seized from the other business premises. While the searches were on at the two business premises certain persons were found in suspicious circumstances outside/inside the business premises. The personal search of the said persons under section 34 of the FER

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