JUDGMENT - GOKHALE H.L., J.:---The petitioner herein is a resident of Chennai and on the date of filing of this petition i.e. on 22-8-2003 she was in custody of Yerawada Central Prison, Pune. The petition places on record a very sorry state of affairs in as much as it is pointed out therein that inspite of her acquittal in N.D.P.S. Special Case No. 16 of 1991 by the Special Court in Mumbai and inspite of that order having been confirmed in appeal, by dismissing the appeal filed by respondent No. 3 Narcotics Control Bureau, which appeal bearing No. 484 of 1995 was dismissed by the High Court on 13-12-2000, the petitioner continued to be retained in custody. This petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, therefore, invokes Articles 14, 19, 21 and 22 of the Constitution and seeks to challenge this illegal detention. This is prayer Clause (a) of this petition. In facts, Ms. Kaushik, the learned Counsel appearing for the petitioner, informs, on a query from the Court, that she happened to visit Yerawada Central Prison, Pune in another legal aid matter when the petitioner met her and informed her about her plight which led to the filing of this petition.

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