JUDGMENT

J.B. PARDIWALA, J. :

1. Leave granted.

2. This appeal is at the instance of a detenu, preventively detained under Section 3(2) of the Andhra Pradesh Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Boot-leggers, Dacoits, Drug Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Land Grabbers Act, 1986 (1 of 1986) (for short, ‘the Act 1986’) and is directed against the order passed by a Division Bench Signature Not Verified of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh dated 07.03.2023 in Writ Petition No. 33638 of 2022 filed by the appellant herein by which the Division Bench rejected the writ petition and thereby declined to interfere with the order of preventive detention passed by the District Collector, Kakinada District, Andhra Pradesh dated 25.08.2022 in exercise of his powers under Section 3(2) of the Act 1986.

FACTUAL MATRIX

3. The order of detention dated 25.08.2022 passed by the respondent No. 2 reads thus :-

“ORDER OF DETENTION (UNDER SECTION 3(2) OF “THE ANDHRA PRADESH PREVENTION OF DANGEROUS ACTIVITIES OF BOOTLEGGERS, DACOITS, DRUG OFFENDERS, GOONDAS, IMMORAL TRAFFIC OFFENDERS AND LAN