Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 329 · Decided 9 August 2012
Saeed Zakir Hussain Malik v. State of Maharashtra & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 329 · [2012] 7 S.C.R. 235
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1187/2012
- Decided
- 9 August 2012
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, RANJAN GOGOI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 22; Customs Act
Headnote
CONSTITUTION OF /NOIA, 1950 A B Art.22(5)-Preventive detention-Delay of 14~ months in c executing the order of detention and a/so a delay of 15 months in making the order of detention-Held: Delay at both stages has to be explained and the court is required to consider the question having regard to offered that the detenu after being released on 0 bail remained absconding and therefore the order of detention could not be executed, cannot be accepted, as no efforts were taken for cancellation of the bail bonds and forfeiture of the amount deposited by the detenu - Further, no serious
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