[Criminal Appeal No. 872 of 2014 @Special Leave Petition (CRL.) No.988 of 2014]. Petitioner Licil Antony happens to be the wife of detenu Antony Morris and aggrieved by the order dated 6th of November, 2013 passed by a Division Bench of the Kerala High Court in Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 412 of 2013 declining to quash the order of detention passed under Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974, hereinafter referred to as "COFEPOSA", has preferred this special leave petition. Leave granted. Shorn of unnecessary details, facts giving rise to the present appeal are that on the allegation that the appellant's husband Antony Morris, hereinafter referred to as the detenu, intended to export red sanders through International Container Trans-shipment Terminal, was arrested on 17th of November, 2012 by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and a case was registered against him. He was released on bail by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (Economic Offences), Ernakulam. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, hereinafter referred to as 'DRI', by its letter dated 17th of December, 2012 made recommendation for the detenu's detention besides two others under Section 3 of the COFEPOSA alleging that they are part of a well- organised gang operating in smuggling of red sanders in India and abroad.
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