(1.) The present petition filed by the Petitioner ' Joyi Kitty Jospeh under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Sec. 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (in short 'Cr.P.C.') seeks the following prayers:-
(2.) The present petition seeks quashing of the preventive Detention Order bearing F.No. PD-12001/13/2024- COFEPOSA dtd. 9/5/2024 passed under Sec. 3(1) of the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 (in short 'COFEPOSA Act'), by the Joint Secretary (COFEPOSA) i.e., Respondent No.2, thereby ordering the detention of Mr. Sameer Haroon Marchant alias Afzal Haroon Batatawala (in short 'Detenu') who is the husband of the Petitioner.
(3.) The impugned Detention Order for the sake of completeness is being reproduced as under:-