ORDER :

Shameem Akther, J.

Sri C. Abhayananda, the petitioner, has filed this Habeas Corpus petition on behalf of his son, Chetty Saichitra Anand, the detenu, challenging the detention order vide No.160/PD-CELL/CYB/2021, dated 18.11.2021, passed by the respondent No.3, whereby, the detenu was detained under Section 3(2) of the Telangana Preventive Detention Act, 1986 (Act 1 of 1986).

2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Home appearing for the learned Additional Advocate General for the respondents and perused the record.

3. The case of the petitioner is that basing on a recent solitary crime registered against the detenu viz., Crime No.515 of 2021 of Miyapur Police Station, Cyberabad Commissionerate, registered for the offence punishable under Section 20 (b) (ii) (C) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short, ‘NDPS Act’), the respondent No.3 passed the impugned detention order, dated 18.11.2021. According to respondent No.3, the detenu is a ‘Drug Offender’, as he has been engaging himself in illegal a