V. Dhanapalan, J.

1. The petitioner is the mother of detenue. The detenue has been branded as an "Immoral Traffic Offender" under the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982 and detained under order of the 2nd respondent passed in No.1001/BDFGISSV/2013 dated 14.09.2013.

2. The detenue came to adverse notice in the following cases:

Sl.No. Police Station and Crime No. Sections of Law

1 Anti Vice Squad Crime No.69 of 2009 Sections 3(2)(a), 4(1), 5(1)(a) of ITP Act

2 Anti Vice Squad Crime No.77 of 2011 Sections 4(1) & 5(1)(a) of ITP Act

The ground case alleged against the detenue is one registered on 11.09.2013 by the Inspector of Police, Anti Vice Squad-II Police Station in Crime No.57 of 2013 for offences under Sections 3(2)(a), 4(1), 5(1)(a) and 6(1)(a) of ITP Act. Aggrieved by the order of detention, the present petition has been filed.

3. Though learned counsel for the petitioner has raised several other grounds to assail the order of detention, he has mainly focussed his argument on the ground that though the detaining authority relied on a similar case wherein bail was granted to an accused therein by the learned IV Metropolitan Magistrate Court, Saidapet, Chennai in Crl.M.P.No.4766 of