A.T.MAIDEEN vs STATE OF TAMIL NADU . — Crl.A. No. 1211/2009

Summary: Crl.A. No. 001211 / 2009 - A.T. MAIDEEN v. STATE OF TAMIL NADU The Supreme Court allowed A.T. Maideen's appeal and quashed his detention order dated May 22, 2003, issued by Tamil Nadu. The detention was based partly on a confession by co-detainee Abdul Lasa, which was retracted on April 29, 2003, but the retraction was never placed before the detaining authorities. The Court held that when detaining authorities rely on confessional statements, retractions must also be presented and considered; failure invalidates the detention. Tamil Nadu did not dispute this submission. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.