( 1 ) THE petitioner has been detained on 3/03/1988 pursuant to the order of detention dated 17/02/1987 passed under the provisions of Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act 1974 (for short the Act) with a view to preventing him from abetting the smuggling of goods.

( 2 ) IT is disclosed from the grounds of detention that the petitioner detenu was in contact with one Gurumukhsingh who was the owner of tanker bearing Registration No. MWF 4137. The said Gurumukhsingh had told his driver Amriksingh Harnamsingh that he had shown the tanker to the detenu and to identify the tanker as well as the driver when driver Amriksingh reaches at Rajkot. Driver Amriksingh and Kuldipsingh Baldevsingh Sohata cleaner of the tanker had reached Rajkot on 21/12/1986 There the detenu contacted the driver and took the same tanker to Union the same day i. e. on 21/12/1986 The detenu asked the driver to go to Junagadh and wait for him. Thereafter the detenu went to Salaya and met Haji Haji Ismail (who is a well-known smuggler as disclosed in the grounds of detention and who is the brother of the detenu as stated by the detenu before the Advisory Board. Th