SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

 

Prem Prakash

Vs.

Union of India (UOI)

 

(A. M. Ahmadii, C.J. and Sujata V. Manohar J.)

 

07.10.1996

 

ORDER

 

The Text below is only a summarized version of the order pronounced

 

Order of detention given on basis of confessional statement. Facts of confessional statement not given before detaining authority. Supreme Court held that non placement of retraction of confessional statement by detenue before detaining authority and non consideration of same by arriving at his subjective satisfaction makes detention Order invalid.