C. Praveen Kumar, J.

1. The present writ petition came to be filed seeking issuance of writ of habeas corpus, directing the respondents to produce A.T. Maideen (hereinafter called 'detenue') before this Court and set him at liberty as his continued incarceration is not authorized by law.

2. The contents of the affidavit, filed in support of the writ petition by the son of the alleged detenue, are as under:

(a) The detenue, who is a resident of Chennai, was arrested by the 6th respondent/Station House Officer, Mydukur Police Station, Kadapa District on 24.8.2017 in Crime No. 452 of 2017 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 147, 148, 379, 307, 353, 332, 120-B, 417, 468, 471, 109 read with Section 149 IPC and Section 20(1)(c), (ii), (iii), (iv), (vi), (x) of A.P. Forest (Amendment) Act, 1967, Section 20(d), (i), (a), (b), (ii), (a), (b) of A.P. Forest (Amendment) Act, 2016, Rule 3 of A.P. Sandal Wood & Red Sanders Wood Transit Rules, 1969, Section 29(2)(b) of A.P. Forest (Amendment) Act, 2016 and Section 3 of PDPP Act, 1984. Later he was granted bail on 5.3.2018 vide Crl. MP No. 645 of 2018. It is stated that the detenue was remanded to custody in two other cas