ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by S.M.SUBRAMANIAM, J.)

The petitioner herein is the son of the detenu viz., Kumaresan, S/o.

Murail, Male aged about 33 years, the detenu now confined in Central Prison, Cuddalore, has come forward with this petition challenging the detention order passed by the second respondent in C3/D.O./43/2024 dated

27.05.2024.

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

3. 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 01.04.2024 and thereafter, the detention order came to be passed on 27.05.2024. Another ground on which, the impugned detention order is assailed is that, page 52 of the typed set of paper is illegible. This fact is not disputed by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor.

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 H