ORDER :

Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, to call for the records pertaining to the order of detention passed by the second respondent in his proceedings in No. 662/BCDFGISSSV/2024 dated 11.06.2024 and quash the same as illegal and produce the detenue, namely Manikandan, S/o. Jayapal, aged 30 years, as GOONDA, now he is confined in Central Prison, Puzhal-II, Chennai before this Court and set him at liberty.

1. The preventive detention order passed by the second respondent is under challenge in the present Habeas Corpus Petition.

2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, as well as the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents.

3. The statement obtained from the relative of the detenue, which is enclosed at Page No. 145 of the typeset of paper is undated. Further, the document at Page No. 146 is illegible. Thus, the detenue has been deprived of submitting representation in an effective manner.

4. In this context, it is useful to refer to the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Powanammal Vs. State of Tamil Nadu, (1999) 2 SCC 413. The Hon'ble Supreme Court, after discussing the safeg