ORDER :

(S.M. Subramaniam, J.)

(PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus, to call for the records pertaining to the impugned order made in No.111/BCDFGISSSV/2024 dated 29.07.2024 passed by the second respondent herein and quash the same as illegal ad improper and consequently direct the respondents to produce the detenu Mr.Ramesh Kumar, S/o. Vetrivel aged about 38 years, now confined and kept in Central Prison, Puzhal, before this Court and set him at liberty.)

The preventive detention order passed by the second respondent dated 29.07.2024 is sought to be quashed in the present habeas corpus petition.

2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, as well as the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents.

3. Though several grounds are raised in the petition, the learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that there is an inordinate delay in passing the order of detention.

4. In the instant case, the detenu was arrested on 20.05.2024 and thereafter, the detention order came to be passed on 29.07.2024. This fact is not disputed by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor.

5. In the case of 'Sushanta K