Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 442 · Decided 13 September 2000
Union of India and ORS. v. Arvind Shergill and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 442 · [2000] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 244
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 703/2000
- Decided
- 13 September 2000
- Bench
- S. RAJENDRA BABU, D.P. MOHAPATRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Customs Act Section 108
Headnote
Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974-Section 3(1)-Preventive Detention-Accused arrested for possession of foreign currency-Bail granted and application for C cancellation of bail also dismissed-Detention order passed to prevent commission of similar largely based on suspicion and court is not the appropriate forum to investigate as detaining authority is alone entrusted with the duty in that regard-Judgment of a court should not 1 D substitute the subjective satisfaction of the investigating authority-Only grounds of detention and its
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