IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 908 OF 2022

(@ SLP (CRL. )NO. 4260 OF 2022

SHAIK NAZNEEN

…….APPELLANT(S)

VERSUS

THE STATE OF TELANGANA & ORS. ………RESPONDENT(S)

O R D E R

Leave granted.

1.

This appeal challenges the order dated 25.03.2022

passed by the High Court of Judicature for the State of

Telangana at Hyderabad by which the Habeas Corpus Writ

Petition bearing No. 35519 of 2021 of the petitioner-

wife challenging the order of prevention of detention

of her husband has been dismissed.

2.

The brief facts of the case are that the

prevention detention order was passed against the

husband of the petitioner on 28^th October, 2021 by the

Commissioner of Police, Rachakonda Commissionerate on

grounds that the detenu was involved in gold chain

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Digitally signed by

Rajni Mukhi

Date: 2022.06.24

18:13:29 IST

Reason:

Signature Not Verified

snatching offences, where victims were mostly women. He

has been doing this since the year 2020 in the States

of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. He was involved in as

many as 36 gold chain snatching offences. Earlier, the

detenu, along with three others, had formed a gang