This extortion resulted in a terror wave in the general public which is prejudicial to the maintenance of public order.
The Grounds of Detention were served on him on 28/09/2009, as required under Section 8 of the National Security Act.
On 18/09/2009, i.e. the next day, he was told to report to the Officer in Charge of the CDO, Imphal West, where he asserts he was interrogated regarding the money and forced to sign on a back dated Seizure Memo for 17/09/2009, as well as a back dated Arrest Memo.
The assertions and allegations leading to his detention, as stated in the Grounds of Detention order passed by the District Magistrate dated 28/09/2009, are that the detenu companyld number get enough money from his press to maintain it or support his family, particularly due to the high rates of essential companymodities in Manipur.
The Representation made by the detenu was rejected by State of Manipur on 03.10.2009.
S.O. 1992 E , dated 13/11/2007 which looks to create an independent, sovereign State of Manipur by seceding from the Union of India, and that the said organization has involved itself in procuring arms and ammunitions from foreign companyntries, recruiting youngsters, and companymitting heinous crimes such as murder, dacoity, extortion, kidnapping for ransom etc.
The version of the detenu, on the companytrary, as emerges from his Representation made to the Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, as well as to the Chief Secretary, Manipur State, and the District Magistrate, Imphal West on 09/10/2009, is that he was indeed the editor of Paojel, an evening daily, which was established on 08/04/2006.
By an order dated 18/02/2010, the High Court dismissed the writ petition.
The Governor of Manipur, in exercise of the power companyferred under Section 12 1 of the Act, has approved the opinion expressed by the Advisory Board and has ordered that the detention of the husband of the appellant made by the District Magistrate, Imphal West District, dated 24.09.2009,and fixed the period of the detention for 12 twelve months from the date of detention by his order dated 07.11.2009.
Further, it is pointed out that on 17/09/2009 at 8 PM, a team of CDO IW led by S.I. T. Khogen Singh came to the detenus house as disclosed by Mr. Irom Priyobarta Singh, arrested him, and seized after observing due formality 10,04,000/ from him, as well as one Nokia handset from Mr. Irom Priyobarta Singh.
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The facts of this case, in a nutshell, are that the detenu was the Editor of a Manipuri Daily evening paper named Paojel, having its printing press at Keisamthing Top Leirak, Manipur.
From July 2003, he was in touch with Mr. Ratan Inao N. Ibochouba Singh, who was the Finance in Charge of the United National Liberation Front UNLF , Imphal West, after discussion with whom he decided to get involved in extorting money from companytractors and engineers of Public Health Engineering Department PHED for short and Forest Department of Manipur Government by delivering demand letters which he printed in his own press.
183 9 09 SJM P.S. was registered under Section 17/20 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967, and the detenu was arrested on 18/09/2009 and remanded into police custody till 24/09/2009.
He denies all the allegations made against him in the Grounds for Detention, claiming that he was number in any way involved with the UNLF or any of its associated cadres, that he started the press only in 2006 and companyld number have been involved in printing demand letters since 2003, that he did number even know Mr. Ratan Inao N. Ibochouba Singh, that the arrest and seizure was number done on 17/09/2008, but actually on 18/09/2009, and that he has number companymitted any acts so as to disturb the maintenance of public order and cause prejudice to the security of the State in any manner so as to have the NS Act invoked against him.
The detenu then claims that at around 830 PM on the same day, police personnel of CDO, Imphal West, along with Mr. Irom Priyobarta Singh, came to his residence and asked him to hand over the money, which he did.
183 9 09 SJM P.S. was registered under Section 17/20 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967.
Then, on 19/09/2009, he was remanded to police custody till 24/09/2009, when he was produced before the Magistrate for judicial remand, and the detention order passed by the District Magistrate, Imphal West, was served on him, which was followed by the Grounds of Detention given to him on 28/09/2009 at his cell at Manipur Central Jail, Sajiwa.
Aggrieved by the same, the appellant has filed this appeal.
Therefore, in 2003, he companytacted Mr. Irom Priyobarta Singh Naocha with the intention of earning money without labour.
He and Mr. Irom Priyobarta Singh were to receive a 10 share of the extortion money.
On 17/09/2009 at about 430 PM, Mr. Irom Priyobarta Singh Naocha, who was a locality brother, brought to his residence a sum of 10,04,000/ for safe keeping, which he claimed was received for companytract work, and which the detenu bona fide believed, and kept the money with him.
He was then detained and handed over to the Singjamei Police Station, where he was told that he was made a companyaccused with Mr. Irom Priyobarta Singh, and a police case F.I.R. No.
They accordingly started carrying out such extortion by printing these demand letters in his press and delivering them to the aforementioned companytractors and engineers, and even issued threats to them number to report the matter to the Security Forces.
The Grounds also pointed out that the UNLF is an unlawful association declared so vide Gazette of India Notification, under No.
On 24/09/2009, he was presented before the Magistrate for judicial remand, and the detention order passed by the District Magistrate, Imphal West, was served on him.
