ORDER :

[M. SUNDAR, J.]

[Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ of habeas corpus to call for the records in connection with the order of detention passed by the second respondent dated 18.05.2022 in his office ref.S.C.No.12/2022 against the petitioner's son by name Thiru.Mubarak, aged about 26 years, now confined at Central Prison, Salem, Salem District and set aside the same and direct the respondents to produce the above said detenu before this Hon'ble Court and set him at liberty.]

1. Captioned 'Habeas Corpus Petition' [hereinafter 'HCP' for the sake of convenience and clarity] has been filed in this Court on 17.06.2022 by father of the detenu assailing a 'detention order dated 18.05.2022 bearing reference S.C.No.12/2022' [hereinafter 'impugned detention order' for the sake of convenience and clarity] made by the 'second respondent i.e., jurisdictional District Collector' [hereinafter 'Detaining Authority' for the sake of convenience and clarity]. To be noted, fifth respondent i.e., jurisdictional Inspector of Police is the Sponsoring Authority.

2. Impugned detention order has been made by the Detaining Authority on the premise that the detenu is a 'Sexual Offender' within the meaning of Section 2(ggg) of 'The Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Cyber law offenders, Drug-offenders, Forest-offenders, Goondas, Immoral traffic offenders, Sand-offenders, Sexual-offenders, Slum-grabbers and Video Pirates Act, 1982 (Tamil Nadu Act No.14 of 1982)' [hereinafter 'Act 14 of 1982' for the sake of convenience and clarity].

3. Mr.M.Selvam, learned counsel on record for petitioner, notwithstanding very many averments/grounds in the support affidavit qua captioned HCP projects two points before us.

4. The first point turns on grounds of detention that was furnished to the detenu. To be noted, the grounds of detention is furnished to the detenu in the form of a booklet and therefore grounds of detention shall hereinafter be referred to as 'booklet' for the sake of convenience and clarity. Learned counsel placed the booklet served on the detenu before us and drew our attention to pages 16 to 20 thereat which according to the impugned detention order is a complaint given by the victim. Learned counsel submitted that this complaint is clearly incomplete. A perusal of page No.20 makes it clear that it is incomplete and there is definitely one or more pages to the complaint. We had the benefit of perusing the 'case diary' ['CD']. A perusal of CD makes it clear that the complaint given by the victim (having been recorded on 24.05.2022) contains one more page (after page No.20 in booklet) which is internal page No.5 of the complaint. This ground is borne out by facts but learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that the complaint given by the victim has been captured in 161(3) statement i.e., Section 161(3) of 'The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974)' [hereinafter 'Cr.PC' for the sake of convenience and clarity]. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor pointed out that this Section 161(3) Cr.PC statement of the complainant has been given to the detenu in the booklet and the same finds place at page Nos.24 to 26.

5. In a Section 161 of Cr.PC statement, the entire contents of the complaint may or may not be captured but that is in the domain of the trial Court. All that we would say is, argument that a Section 161(3) Cr.PC statement is a substitute to an incomplete copy of a complaint given by victim is unacceptable. In the light of this view which we take, we have no difficulty in persuading ourselves to say that the detenu's right to make an effective representation which is a Constitutional safeguard ingrained in Article 22(5) of the Constitution of India has been hampered.

6. The second point urged by learned counsel for petitioner turns on imminent possibility of detenu being enlarged on bail. Adverting to the impugned detention order, learned counsel for