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The Kerala High Court on Thursday held that none of the normal rules of criminal jurisprudence or the provisions of the Evidence Act are attracted while invoking the provisions of the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities (COFEPOSA) Act, 1974 while directing preventive detention of an individual (Jamseena v. Union of India and Ors.).