Rajender @ Yusuf @ Sachin v. Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Pitndps Unit
Preventive detention – PITNDPS Act, 1988
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P.(CRL) 3515/2025, Decided 22.04.2026 (Navin Chawla & Ravinder Dudeja, JJ.; oral judgment by Navin Chawla, J.): PITNDPS preventive detention quashed. Detention Order dated 13.05.2025 (Joint Secretary, Section 3(1) PITNDPS Act) as confirmed on 29.07.2025 (Deputy Secretary, Section 9(f)) set aside because, though the detenu was in judicial custody and his bail (Section 37 NDPS rigours, FIR No. 341/2024) had been rejected on 06.03.2025, the grounds of detention nowhere recorded satisfaction that he was likely to be released on bail; subjective satisfaction perverse. Relied on Binod Singh (1986) 4 SCC 416, Rizauddin 2024:DHC:6831-DB, Pabbar Giri 2024:DHC:8798-DB; Meera Rani, Kamarunnissa and others appeared in quoted passages. Article 226 petition allowed; observations confined; stale-FIR/discharge objection raised but not decided.
What did the court decide?
Detention Order dated 13.05.2025 and the Confirmation Order dated 29.07.2025 confirming it set aside; petition under Article 226 allowed.