Summarize the following court judgment. Writ Petition (Crl.) No. 408 of 1987. (Under Article 32 of the Constitution of India). 842 R.K. Garg and Ms. Rani Jethmalani (Not present) for the Petitioner. Anil Dev Singh	 Hemant Sharma and Ms. A. Subhashini for the Respondent. The Judgment of the Court Was delivered by RANGANATH MISRA	 J. Petitioner 's husband	 Shital Kumar	 was detained by an order passed by the Additional Secretary to the Government of India	 Ministry of Finance	 Department of Revenue	 dated February 28	 1986	 made in exercise of powers vested under section 3(1) of the (hereinafter referred to as 'the COFEPOSA '). The peti tioner made an application to this Court under Article 32 in Writ Petition (Crl) No. 292 of 1986 challenging that order of detention. In the earlier writ application	 on 15th of May	 1986	 the learned Vacation Judge of this Court made an order for the release of the detenu on parole on the follow ing terms: "The detenu is released on parole until further orders on the condition that he will report to the Directorate of Revenue	 New Delhi	 every day and the Directorate will be at liberty to direct him to explain his con duct during this time . . In the mean time the respondents will be at liberty to make an application for the revocation of the parole if any misconduct or any other activity comes to their notice which requires the revocation of the parole. " On 3rd March	 1987	 the writ petition was listed for hearing before the Bench consisting of both of us. In the writ petition	 several contentions had been raised but Mr. Jeth malani	 learned counsel for the petitioner confined his submissions to only one aspect	 namely	 that the period of parole	 that is	 from 15th May	 1986	 till February 22	 1987	 should not be added to the period of detention speci fied in the impugned order under section 3(1) of the COFEPO SA and the period of one year from the date of detention having expired on February 20	 1987	 the impugned order has lapsed and the detenu became entitled to be freed from the impugned order of detention. That point was examined at length and by the judgment of this Court delivered on 22nd April	 1987 in Poonam Lata vs M.L. Wadhawan	 AIR 1987 SC 1383 the writ petition was dismissed by saying: 843 "In the premises	 it must according ly be held that the period of parole has to be excluded in recokning the period of detention under sub section (1) of section 3 of the Act. " In paragraph 14 of the judgment	 it was fur ther observed: "For these reasons	 the only conten tion advanced by Shri Jethmalani in course of the hearing namely	 that the period of parole from May 15	 1986 to February 28	 1987 could not be added to the maximum period of deten tion of the detenu Shital Kumar for one year as specified in the impugned order of deten tion passed under sub section (1) of section 3 of the 	 must fail. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. We direct that the petitioner shall surrender to custody to undergo remaining period of detention. We give the detenu 10 days ' time to comply with this direction failing which a non bailable warrant for his arrest shall issue." This writ petition was thereafter filed on 27th of April	 1987. In paragraph 2 of the petition	 with reference to the earlier writ petition	 it was averted: "Arguments were advanced by the counsel for the petitioner only to the one point and it was clearly stated by the senior counsel	 Shri Ram Jethmalani	 who appeared in the hearing that he had a strong	 almost unanswerable case on merits but he was very keen to have the question of exclusion of the parole period decided since it arises squarely in this case. It would have been a breach of professional duty on the part of the counsel not to raise those points against the validity of the detention order on which the court had prima facie issued notice. Shri Ram Jethmala ni	 senior counsel	 did not give up the other points in the said writ petition. However	 the Hon 'ble Court has dismissed the said writ petition on 22.4. 1987. Though the Hon 'ble Court has rightly observed that the only point which was argued was on the question of the period of parole it Was submitted that had the Hon 'ble Court indicated that the petitioner 's submission on this score did not find favour of the Hon 'ble Court	 counsel would have proceeded to argue the case. " 844 We are surprised that in the writ petition which has been settled by Mr. Jethmalani	 such allegations have been made. It is common experience that when those several contentions are advanced in the pleadings	 counsel chooses to press one or some out of the several contentions at the time of the heating. The judgment indicated that only one point was argued. The averments in paragraph 2 of the present writ petition accepts that position. It	 therefore	 follows that Mr. Jethmalani made submissions confined to one contention a contention which had not been raised in the earlier writ petition but arose out of the proceedings in court therein relating to the effect of release on parole. The fact that Mr. Jethmalani raised only one submission having been accepted	 it is a matter of no consequence as to whether giving up the other pleas raised in the writ peti tion amounted to breach of professional duty on the part of Mr. Jethmalani. The fact remains that only one contention had been raised. There is absolutely no basis for the alle gation in paragraph 2 of the writ petition that if the Court had indicated to Mr. Jethmalani in course of arguments that the submission on this limited point did not find favour with the Court he would have proceeded to argue the other points. That certainly was an unusual expectation. It was open to Mr. Jethmalani to make full submission on all as pects arising in the writ petition. That having not been done	 it was improper on the part of Mr. Jethmalani to raise such allegations in paragraph 2	 as have been extracted above. We are surprised that Mr. Jethmalani who was aware of the proceedings in the Court and did not dispute the fact that he had confined his arguments to one point settled the writ petition as senior counsel with the allegations quoted above in paragraph 2 of the writ petition. This writ peti tion was fixed for final hearing on 31st of July	 1987	 as suggested by Mr. Jethmalani	 but at the hearing he did not appear and Mr. Garg	 senior counsel	 appeared for the peti tioner. When we pointed out to Mr. Garg about the incorrect ness of the averments and that the allegations contained in paragraph 2 are without foundation against the Bench hearing the matter	 he pleaded ignorance and stated that it was for Mr. Jethmalani to answer. We do not want to say anything more but we think it appropriate to point out that Mr. Jethmalani on the earlier occasion had argued the writ petition in his own way and had raised only one contention which was dealt with by the judgment in the writ petition. Mr. Garg	 learned counsel for the petitioner has raised two points before us for consideration: (1) the detenu had been prejudiced in making an effective representation to the Board against his detention in the absence of the summons issued under section 108 of the Customs Act to him. In spite of demand	 that document had not been 845 supplied	 and(2) the petitioner was already in custody at the time the order of detention was served and since the detenu was already in custody	 the order of detention is liable to be quashed. In Ground No. 4 of the writ petition	 it has been alleged: "That the most material document under the circumstances turns out to be the summons which was served on the detenu being the summons referred to in the letter dated 21.3. 1986	 Annexure E above mentioned. The detenu by his advocate 's letter of 12th April	 1986	 has called upon the respondent No. 1 to supply him with a copy of the summons because he intends to use the said summons while presenting his case to the advisory board. True copy is annexed hereto and marked as Annexure F. The request contained in the said letter has not been complied with. " In paragraph 4(iv) of the counter affidavit	 it has been stated: "In reply to para 4	 it is submitted that the summons as required by the detenu 's advocate in the letter dated 12.4. 1986 were not supplied as there were no written summons served on the petitioner. I say that after the completion of the search of the residential premises of the petitioner on 27.2. 1986 the petitioner was taken by DRI officers. As the petitioner. happened to be in the presence of the empowered officers of DRI	 he was accord ingly told that his presence was required for giving evidence and the petitioner accompanied the DRI officers on his free will. No written summons were	 therefore	 served on the peti t i o n e r . . . . . . . . " Section 108(1) of the Customs Act provides: "Any gazetted officer of customs shall have power to summon any person whose attendance he considers necessary either to give evidence or to produce a document or any other thing in any inquiry which such officer is making in connection with the smuggling of any goods." No specific provision has been made for summons in the Customs ACt and	 therefore	 the provisions of section 61 of the Code of Criminal Procedure will be applicable. That section provides: 846 "Every summons issued by a Court under this Code shall be in writing	 in dupli cate	 signed by the presiding officer of such Court or by such other officer as the High Court may	 from time to time	 by rule direct	 and shall bear the seal of the Court. " On 12th of April	 1986	 counsel for the petitioner wrote a letter to the detaining authority wherein it was stated: " . . I have to further request you to supply me with a copy of the summons said to have been served on client on or about 27th of February	 1986. The DRI has not yet supplied to my client the documents as stated in your above mentioned rejection letter. " In view of the positive case of the respondents that there was no summons and the detenu had been orally directed to attend the office by the authorities concerned	 we think that it would not be proper to hold that summons under section 108 of the Customs Act was in existence. Once the summons is not in existence	 there is no foundation in the submission that there is prejudice to the detenu on account of the authority 's withholding the summons. The first con tention fails. Admittedly the petitioner was taken into custody around 2.00 p.m. on 27.2.1986	 in course of investigation of the case. He was produced before the Judicial Magistrate and an order was made requiring him to be produced next day in the court. Paragraphs 7 and 8 of the grounds served on the petitioner run thus: "7 I have carefully gone through the facts and circumstances of the case	 relevant documents and also the statements of various persons in the subject case. I have also seen and gone through the various applications moved in the court of the ACMM	 New Delhi and orders passed thereon." "8 In view of the facts mentioned hereinabove	 I have no hesitation in arriving at the conclusion that you have been dealing in smuggled goods otherwise than engaging in transporting or concealing or keeping smuggled goods. Even though the investigations in the subject case is in progress	 prosecution and adjudication proceedings under the 	 are likely to be initiated 847 against you	 I am satisfied that you should be detained under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activi ties Act	 1974	 with a view to preventing you from dealing in smuggled goods otherwise than by engaging in transporting or concealing or keeping smuggled goods. " In paragraph 7 of the counter affidavit	 it has been stated: " . . The petitioner	 as already stated	 was summoned after the search of his residental premises on 27.2. 1987 and his statement recorded by the competent officer of DRI. The petitioner was arrested at 2.00 p.m. on 27.2. 1986 and was produced at the resi dence of ACMM	 New Delhi on 27.2. 1986 at about 8.00 p.m . . . ". In paragraph 9 of the said affidavit	 it is further alleged that: "Shri Shital Kumar was arrested at 1400 hrs. of 27.2. 1986 and produced before the ACMM around 2000 hrs. at his residence the same day. Shri Shital Kumar was then remanded to judicial custody till 28.2.1986 by the said magistrate. " The order of detention is dated 28.2. It was addressed to the detenu at his residential address at Delhi and not to the jail authorities for service on the detenu. From the facts and circumstances emerging in this case it is clear that the detenu had been called by the Customs Authorities for investigation. A statement had been made by him under section 108 of the and thereafter he was taken into custody and produced before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate who ramanded him to custody and directed him to be produced on the following day in the court. By the time the order of detention came to be made the petitioner was in jail for at the most one day. Charge sheet had not been submitted against him in the criminal case and he had been remanded to the judicial custody on the 27th of February	 1986 with the direction to be produced before the Metropolitan Magistrate on the 28th of February	 1986. Now it has to be seen if on these facts the order of detention would become vitiated. Strong reliance was placed by Mr. Garg on a 848 two Judge judgment of this Court in Binod Singh vs District Magistrate	 Dhanbad	 ; Paragraph 3 of the judgment indicates the facts as follows: "The petitioner/appellant was in detention when the petitioner/appellant was served with the orders of detention. There were criminal cases against the petitioner. There was a murder case in respect of Crime No. 33 1 of 1985. In the said case	 investiga tion was in progress and the defence of the petitioner in the murder case was that he was falsely implicated and was not at all con cerned with the murder. When the order was passed	 the petitioner had not surrendered but when the order was served	 the petitioner had already surrendered in respect of the criminal charge against him. At the relevant time	 the petitioner was under trial in the said crimi nal case. " On such facts	 it was the contention of the petitioner therein that the order of preventive detention could only be justified against a person in detention if the detaining authority was satisfied that his release from detention was imminent and the order of detention was necessary for put ting him back in jail. This Court therein pointed out: "The principles applicable in these types of preventive detention cases have been discussed in the decisions of Suraj Pal Sahu vs State of Maharashtra	 ; and Raj Kumar Singh vs State of Bihar	 ; Judged on the basis of the said principles	 there is no ground for interfer ence with the order of detention as passed. It	 however	 appears that after the order of detention was passed and before the actual service of the order of detention	 the peti tioner was taken into custody. From the affi davit of the District Magistrate	 it does not appear that either the prospect of immediate release of the detenu or other factors which can justify the detention of a person in detention were properly considered in the light of the principles noted in the aforesaid decisions and especially in the decisions in Rameshwar Shaw vs District Magistrate	 Burdwan and Ramesh Yadav vs District Magistrate	 Etah. 	 	 . . . . A Constitution Bench of this Court in Ramesh war Shaw vs District Magistrate	 Burdwan	 ; held as follows: 849 "As an abstract proposition of law	 there may not be any doubt that section 3(1)(a) does not preclude the authority from passing an order of detention against a person whilst he is in detention or in jail; but the relevant facts in connection with the making of the order may differ and that may make a difference in the application of the principle that a detention order can be passed against a person in jail. " The self same question was examined in Kartic Chandra Guha vs State of West Bengal	 where a three Judge Bench of this Court observed: "It is true that he had been held in custody in connection with the offences under the Arms Act which are nonbailable offences	 but even so	 it was open to the trying magis trate to release the petitioner on bail. The District Magistrate	 on information received by him	 thought that the petitioner was likely to be released on bail in which case having regard to his past activities	 it was open to the District Magistrate to come to the reason able conclusion that having regard to the desperate nature of the activities of the petitioner	 his enlargement on bail would be no deterrent to his desperate activity. Hence the District Magistrate was entitled to pass the order of detention if that was necessary to prevent the petitioner from acting in a manner prejudicial to the maintenance of public order. " That very question again came before a two Judge bench in Dr. Ramakrishna Rawat vs Dis trict Magistrate	 Jabalpur	 [ where it was observed: "In the case in hand	 as already noticed	 the petitioner was in jail custody in proceedings under section 151 Cr. That custody was obviously of a short duration. The mere service of the detention order on the petitioner in jail would not therefore invali date the order. On the basis of the antecedent activities of the petitioner in the proximate past the detaining authority could reasonably reach its subjective satisfaction about his tendency or inclination to act in a manner prejudicial to the maintenance of public order after his release on the termination of the security proceedings under the Code." 850 In Vijay Kumar vs State of Jammu & Kashmir	 ; a two Judge Bench of this Court pointed out: "If the detenu is already in jail charged with a serious offence	 he is thereby prevented from acting in a manner prejudicial to the security of the State. May be	 in a given case there yet may be the need to order preventive detention of a person already in jail. But in such a situation the detaining authority must disclose awareness of the fact that the person against whom an order of preventive detention is being made is to the knowledge of the authority already in jail and yet for compelling reasons a preventive deten tion order needs to be made. " That vexed question came before a two Judge bench of this Court in the case of Merugu Satyanarayana vs State of Andhra Pradesh	 ; wherein it was observed: "Now	 if the man is already detained can a detaining authority be said to have been subjectively satisfied that a preventive detention order be made?" The Court then referred to the Constitution Bench decision in Rameshwar Shaw 's case (supra) and left it as a matter to be decided in every individual case on its own facts. The Court also indicated that it was not a matter of jurisdition but had to be decided on the facts of each case. We may now refer to a recent judgment of a three Judge Bench in the case of Suraj Pal Sahu vs State of Maharashtra	 ; Mukharji	 J. who delivered the judgment in Binod Singh 's case (supra) on which Mr. Garg has relied has also delivered the judgment in this case. Therein it was said: "In Ramesh Yadav vs District Magis trate	 Etah	 it was held that merely on the ground that an accused in deten tion as an undertrial prisoner was likely to get bail	 an order of detention under the National Security Act should not ordinarily be passed. If the apprehension of the detaining authority was true	 court observed	 the bail application had to be opposed and in case bail was granted	 challenge against that order in the higher forum had to be raised. We respect fully agree with this conclusion. But this 851 principle will have to be judged and applied in the facts and circumstances of each case. Where a person accused of certain offences whereunder he is undergoing trial or has been acquitted	 the appeal is pending and in re spect of which he may be granted bail may not in all circumstances entitle an authority to direct preventive detention and the principle enunciated by the aforesaid decision must apply but where the offences in respect of which the detenu is accused are so interlinked and continuous in character and are of such nature that these affect continuous mainte nance of essential supplies and thereby jeo pardise the security of the State	 then sub ject to other conditions being fulfilled	 a man being in detention would not detract from the order being passed for preventive deten tion . . . . " It is thus clear that the fact that the detenu is al ready in detention does not take away the jurisdiction of the detaining authority in making an order of preventive detention. What is necessary in a case of that type is to satisfy the court when detention is challenged on that ground that the detaining authority was aware of the fact that the detenu was already in custody and yet he was sub jectively satisfied that his order of detention became necessary. In the facts of the present case	 there is suffi cient material to show that the detaining authority was aware of the fact that the petitioner was in custody when the order was made	 yet he was satisfied that his preventive detention was necessary. We do not think there is any force in this contention of Mr. Garg. Since both the contention canvassed are rejected	 the writ petition is dismissed. P.S.S. Petition dismissed.

In criminal writ petition No. 292 of 1986	 preferred by detenu 's wife on various grounds	 the Vacation Judge ordered his release on parole till further orders. However	 when the petition came up for hearing before the Division Bench on 3rd March	 1987 the counsel confined his submissions to one aspect only that arose out of the proceedings in Court i.e.	 that the period of parole should not be added to the period of detention. That plea was rejected and the petition dis missed on 22nd April	 1987. In the present writ petition filed thereafter on April 27	 1987 it was averred that the counsel did not give up the other points in the earlier writ petition	 and had the Court indicated that the petitioner 's submission would not find favour with it he would have proceeded to argue the case. Further	 two more points were raised: (1) that the detenu had been prejudiced in making an effective representation to the Board against his detention in the absence of the sum mons issued under section 108 of the Customs Act to him	 which document had not been supplied in spite of demand	 and (2) that since the detenu was already in custody at the time the order of detention was served the said order was liable to be quashed. Dismissing the writ petition	 HELD: 1. It is common experience that when several contentions are advanced in the pleadings	 counsel chooses to press one or some out of the several contentions at the time of the hearing. In the instant case	 only one point was argued at the previous hearing. It was open to the counsel to make full submissions on all aspects arising in the writ petition. That having not been done it was improper on his part to raise such allegations. [844A	 D] 841 2.1 The detenu had been called by the Customs Authori ties for investigation on February 27	 1986. A statement had been made by him under section 108 of the Customs Act and there after he was taken into custody and produced before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate	 who remanded him to custody and directed him to be produced on the following day in the court. By the time the order of detention under section 3(1) of the COFEPOSA Act for one year came to be made on February 28	 1986 he was in jail at the most for one day. Chargesheet had not been submitted against him in the crimi nal case. [847FG] 2.2 Since there was no summons and the detenu had been orally directed to attend the office by the authorities concerned	 it could not be held that summons under section 108 of the Customs Act was in existence. Once the summons was out in existence it could not be said that there was prejudice to the detenu on account of the authority 's withholding the summons. [846D] 3.1 The fact that the detenu was already in detention did not take away the jurisdiction of the detaining authori ty in making an order of preventive detention. What is necessary in a case of that type is to satisfy the court when detention is challenged on that ground that the detain ing authority was aware of the fact that the detenu was already in custody and yet he was subjectively satisfied that his order of detention became necessary. [851D] 3.2 In the instant case	 there was sufficient material to show that the detaining authority was aware of the fact that the petitioner was in custody when the order was made yet he was satisfied that his preventive detention was necessary. The order of detention was	 therefore	 not viti ated. [851E] Binod Singh vs District Magistrate	 Dhanbad	 ; ; Rameshwar Shaw vs District Magistrate Burdwan	 ; ; Kartic Chandra Guha vs State of West Bengal	 ; Dr. Ramakrishna Rawat vs District Magistrate	 Jabalpur	 Vijay Kumar vs State of Jammu and Kashmir	 ; ; Merugu Satyanarayana vs State of Andhra Pradesh	 ; and Suraj Pal Sahu vs State of Maharashtra	 ; 	 referred to.