AP High Court sets aside a preventive detention order because the detaining authority never considered the detenu's bail orders
The question: Must bail orders in the cases relied on be placed before the detaining authority?
The Collector of Sri Sathya Sai district detained a man under the A.P. Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act, 1986 (the 'Goondas Act') on the basis of nine criminal cases, and the State confirmed the order in May 2026. In a habeas corpus writ, a Division Bench of the High Court found that bail orders in two of those cases had not been placed before the detaining authority, and quashed the detention.