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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI
CHEEKATI MANAVENDRANATH ROY, TUHIN KUMAR GEDELA
Ponnada Geetha W/o. Ponnada Nookaraju – Appellant
Versus
State Of Andhra Pradesh – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. facts of detention and prior offenses. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. legal arguments against preventive detention based on bail. (Para 3 , 4) |
| 3. court's assessment of legal requirements for detention validity. (Para 6 , 7 , 8) |
| 4. legal rationale underscoring the invalidation of the detention order. (Para 9 , 10) |
| 5. final decision and implications for the detenu. (Para 13) |
ORDER:
The petitioner has invoked the extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking issuance of Writ of Habeas Corpus directing respondent No.4 to produce the person by name Ponnada Prasanth Babu (hereinafter referred to as ‘detenu’), who is detained in Central Prison, Visakhapatnam, and to order for his release forthwith, after declaring the order of preventive detention dated 29.04.2025 passed by respondent No.2, which, in turn, was confirmed by respondent No.1-State by G.O.Rt.No.1123, General Administration (SC.I) Department, dated 09.06.2025, as illegal and unconstitutional.
The petitioner is the mother of the detenu. There are about eight crimes registered against the detenu. The 2nd respondent- Commissioner of Police and Additional District Magistrate, Visakha
Procedural irregularities and failure to consider the likelihood of the detenu being released on bail rendered the detention order illegal and unsustainable.
Preventive detention requires clear evidence of the likelihood of release and necessity for detention; vague assertions are insufficient.
Preventive detention orders must provide all relevant documents to the detenue for effective representation; failure to do so invalidates the detention.
Failure to consider and furnish conditional bail orders in a preventive detention order renders the detention illegal.
The failure to consider the orders of bail granted to the detenu by the competent Court vitiated the detention order, as it deprived the detaining authority of the opportunity to consider relevant ma....
Non-consideration of bail orders and failure to furnish bail order copies to the detenue for effective representation would vitiate the detention order, rendering it illegal and unsustainable.
The repeated drug offending activities and the inadequacy of bail to prevent the detenu from indulging in dangerous drug offences justified the preventive detention.
The court established that the failure to consider an anticipatory bail order when issuing a detention order under the M.P.D. Act vitiates the subjective satisfaction of the Detaining Authority, ther....
Preventive detention requires clear justification, especially when the detenue is in custody, and must demonstrate a likelihood of bail and further offenses.
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