IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION No. 679 OF 2008 Arif Abdul Aziz Alyani, ) An Indian inhabitant, residing ) at 247, Squater Colony, ) Petitioner Chincholi Gate, Malad (East) ) ( Cousin brother of the detenu) Mumbai-400 007. ) Mohammed Farooq Abdul ) Shakoor, residing at C-504, ) The Detenu Himachal Apartment, S. V. road Goregaon (West), Mumbai-64) Vs. 1. The State of Maharashtra) through the Secretary to ) the Govt. of Maharashtra ) Home Department, ) Mantralaya, Mumbai-32 ) ) 2. Anna Dani, ) The Principal Secretary ) (Appeals and Security) ) Govt. of Maharashtra, ) Home Department, and ) Detaining Authority, ) Mantralaya, Mumbai-32 ) ) 3. The Superintendent of ) Prison, Nasik Road Central Prison, Nasik. ) Respondents Mrs. A. M. Z. Ansari, for the Petitioner. Mrs. A. S. Pai, APP for the Respondents. CORAM : BILAL NAZKI, J. & A. A. KUMBHAKONI, JJ DATE : SEPTEMBER 23, 2008. OPERATIVE ORDER . For the reasons separately recorded in the judgment, following order is passed. 1. We, therefore, allow this petition and hereby quash and set aside the detention order of the detenu Mohammed Farooq Abdul Shakoor bearing No. PSA-1207/CR-130/SPL-3(A), dated 11th March, 2008. The detenu Mohammed Farooq Abdul Shakoor be released forthwith, if he is not required in any other case. 2. Rule is made absolute accordingly with no orders as to the costs. [ A. A. KUMBHAKONI, J. ] [ BILAL NAZKI, J.]