ORDER :

S.M.SUBRAMANIAM, J.

The petitioner/detenu, viz., Mohamed Razeen, S/o Mohamed Ismail, aged 46 years, now confined at Central Prison-I, Puzhal, Chennai has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the first respondent in F.No.PD-12002/03/2024-COFEPOSA dated 13.08.2024.

2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned Senior Panel Counsel appearing for the respondents 1 & 2 as well as the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the 4th respondent.

3. Though several grounds are raised in the petition, the learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that there is an inordinate delay in passing the order of detention.

4. In the instant case, the detenu was arrested on 28.06.2024 and thereafter, the detention order came to be passed on 13.08.2024. This fact is not disputed by the learned Senior Panel Counsel appearing for the respondents 1 & 2.

5. In the case of 'Sushanta Kumar Banik Vs. State of Tripura', reported in 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 813', when there was an inordinate delay from the date of proposal till passing of the detention order and likewise, between the date of detention order and the actual arrest, the Hon'ble Supreme Co