Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 1233 · Decided 13 November 2009
Gimikpiotr v. State of Tamil Nadu and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 1233 · [2009] 15 S.C.R. 889
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2121/2009
- Decided
- 13 November 2009
- Bench
- DALVEER BHANDARI, H.L. DATTU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
A B Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 - s. 3 (1)(i) - Detenu trying to -"+ smuggle foreign currency outside the country - Detention order uls. 3 (1)(i) - Passport also impounded- Challenge to - c Held: In matters of personal liberty, standard of to justify order of preventive detention - Material provided by State not enough to justify curtailment of liberty o( appellant under order of preventive detention - Foreign currency cannot be smuggled as person cannot move out of the country on account of his passport being impounded - D ~
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