Jahanara Bibi @ Jahanara Begam @ Jahanara Mondal @ Janu v. Union of India and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Detention order under the Prevention of Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs Act was quashed. Court held that detaining a person released on bail solely due to apprehension of repetitive crime violates personal liberty and procedural safeguards, especially where execution was delayed beyond the proximate link between alleged crimes and detention necessity.
What did the court decide?
Writ Petition allowed; preventive detention order dated 5 September 2024 set aside; petitioner set at liberty forthwith.