IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA, HYDERABAD * * *

WRIT PETITION No.12443 of 2025 Between:

Smt.Roshni Devi, W/o.Rajender Singh Petitioner.

VERSUS

1. The State of Telangana and others.

Respondents ORDER PRONOUNCED ON : 28.10.2025 THE HON’BLE JUSTICE MOUSHUMI BHATTACHARYA AND THE HON’BLE JUSTICE GADI PRAVEEN KUMAR

1. Whether Reporters of Local newspapers may be allowed to see the Judgments? : Yes

2. Whether the copies of judgment may be Marked to Law Reporters/Journals? : Yes

3. Whether His Lordship wishes to see the fair copy of the Judgment? : Yes ___________________________ GADI PRAVEEN KUMAR, J * THE HON’BLE JUSTICE MOUSHUMI BHATTACHARYA AND THE HON’BLE JUSTICE GADI PRAVEEN KUMAR + WRIT PETITION No.12443 of 2025 ORDER: (per Hon’ble Justice Gadi Prave en Kumar)

%Dated 28.10.2025 # Between:

Smt.Roshni Devi, W/o.Rajender Singh Petitioner VERSUS

1. The State of Telangana and others.

Respondents ! Counsel for Petitioner : Sri Ch.Ravinder ^ Counsel for Respondents : Sri Swaroop Oorilla, learned Special Government Pleader < GIST :

> HEAD NOTE :

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20. 1998(2) SCC 57 THE HON’BLE JUSTICE MOUSHUMI BHATTACHARYA AND THE HON’BLE JUSTICE GADI PRAVEEN KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.12443 OF 2025 ORDER: (per Hon’ble Justice Gadi Praveen Kumar

1. The petitioner seeks a Writ of Habeas Corpus for setting the detenu at liberty and for declaring the detention order vide proceedings No.B6/81/2025/DPEOH dated 10.03.2025 passed by the 2^nd respondent, as approved by the 1^st respondent vide G.O.Rt.No.358 dated 15.03.2025 and as confirmed by G.O.Rt.No.479 dated 15.04.2025 as illegal and to set aside the said orders.

2. The petitioner claims to be the daughter of the detenu viz.Smt.Aruna Bai @ Anguri Bai, who is now detained at Central Prison, Chanchalguda, Hyderabad. The impugned detention order has been passed under sub- Section (2) of Section 3 of the Telangana Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Dacoits, Drug-Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Land Grabbers, Spurious Seed Offenders, Insecticides Offenders, Fertilizer Offenders, Food Adulteration Offenders, Fake Document Offenders, Scheduled Commodities Offenders, Forest Offenders, Gaming Offenders, Sexual Offenders, Explosive Substances Offenders, Arms Offenders, Cyber Crime Offenders and White Collar or Financial Offenders Act, 1986 (for short ‘the Act’) on the ground that the detenu was involved in offences of peddling of Ganja, a narcotic drug in the limits of Hyderabad and thereby she is a drug offender.

3. The detenu was involved in (i) Crime No.243 of 2024 dated 16.09.2024, (ii) Crime No.270 of 2024 of Prohibition and Excise P.S., Dhoolpet dated 12.12.2024 and (iii) Crime No.42 of 2024 dated 17.12.2024 of Prohibition and Excise P.S., Narayanaguda under the provisions of The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act).

4. The brief facts leading to the impugned orders are as follows : (i) With respect to Crime No.243 of 2024, on the allegation of

2.165 Kgs of dry ganja seized from one Mr.Mahender Singh and Sunitha Bai, who have informed the name of the detenu and that they have purchased the said ganja from the detenu. Basing on the said confessional statement, the detenu had been added as an accused in the above said crime.

(ii) With respect to Crime No.270 of 2024 of Prohibition and Excise P.S., Dhoolpet, the allegation is that on 12.02.2024, the police found the detenu with dry ganja of 1.53