{"id":244540,"date":"2021-02-27T09:02:59","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T03:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=244540"},"modified":"2021-03-05T11:28:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T05:58:51","slug":"sexual-offender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/02\/27\/sexual-offender\/","title":{"rendered":"Telangana HC | Can a sexual offender be taken into preventive detention? Read the case of ‘detenu’ who committed intercourse with minor in secluded place and let her off next day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Telangana High Court: <\/strong>The Division Bench of A. Rajasheker Reddy and Dr Shameem Akhter, JJ., \u00a0while addressing the matter has shed some light on the distinction between \u201cPublic Order\u201d and \u201cLaw & Order\u201d.<\/p>\n

Petitioner filed the present petition on behalf of his son challenging the detention order passed by the Police Commissioner, respondent 3.<\/p>\n

Respondent 3 submitted that detenu is a \u2018Sexual Offender\u2019 as defined in clause (V) of Section 2 of the Telangana Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Dacoits, Drug offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Land-Grabbers, Spurious Seed Offenders, Insecticide Offenders, Fertiliser Offenders, Food Adulteration Offenders, Fake Document Offenders, Scheduled Commodities Offenders, Forest Offenders, Gaming Offenders, Sexual Offenders, Explosive Substances Offenders, Arms Offenders, Cyber Crime Offenders and White Collar or Financial Offenders Act, 1986 (Act 1 of 1986).<\/p>\n

Further, it was submitted that the detenu had committed penetrative aggravated sexual assault on a minor, three times. Subsequently, detention order was passed. Hence the present petition.<\/p>\n

Issue for determination:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Whether the detention order passed by respondent 3 and the confirmation order passed by the Principal Secretary to Government, General Administration (Spl. Law and Order) Department, Government of Telangana are liable to be set aside?<\/p>\n

Analysis and Decision<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

[Law & Order v. Public Order]<\/p>\n

Supreme Court in several decisions had clearly expressed that there is a vast difference between \u201claw and order\u201d and \u201cpublic order\u201d.<\/p>\n

The offences which are committed against a particular individual fall within the ambit of \u201claw and order\u201d. It is only when the public at large is adversely affected by the criminal activities of a person, is the conduct of a person said to disturb the
\n\u201cpublic order\u201d.<\/p>\n

Individual cases can be dealt with by the criminal justice system, hence there is no need for detaining authority to invoke the draconian preventive detentions laws against an individual.<\/p>\n

Supreme Court in its decision of Ram Manohar Lohia v. State of Bihar, <\/em>AIR 1966 SC 740<\/a>, had deprecated the invoking of the preventive law in order to tackle a law and order problem.<\/p>\n

In Kanu Biswas v. State of West Bengal<\/em>, (1972) 3 SC 831<\/a>, following was the Supreme Court\u2019s opinion:<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/em>The question whether a man has only committed a breach \u00a0of law and order or has acted in a manner likely to cause a \u00a0disturbance of the public order is a question of degree and the extent of the reach of the act upon the society. Public order is what the French call \u2018order publique\u2019 and is something more than ordinary maintenance of law and order. The test to be adopted in determining whether an \u00a0act affects law and order or public order, as laid down in \u00a0the above case, is: Does it lead to disturbance of the \u00a0current of life of the community so as to amount to a disturbance of the public order or does it affect merely an \u00a0individual leaving the tranquility of the society undisturbed?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Further, Court relied on the decision of Vijay Narain Singh v. State of Bihar, <\/em>(1984) 3 SCC 14<\/a>,\u00a0 wherein it was held that a single act or omission cannot be characterised as a habitual act or omission because, the idea of \u2018habit\u2019 involves an element of persistence and a tendency to repeat the acts or omissions of the same class or kind, if the acts or omission in question are not of the same kind or even if they are of the same kind when they are committed with a long interval of time between them, they cannot be treated as habitual ones.<\/p>\n

Bench observed that in the present atter, the detenu was being prosecuted for committing a heinous offence of penetrative aggravated sexual assault on a girl aged 13 years. He was granted bail by the Court of Session on conditions.<\/p>\n

If the State was aggrieved with the bail of detenu, they should have approached the Higher Court to seek cancellation Bail, they instead passed the impugned detention order.<\/p>\n

All the cases under POCSO Act are being put on the fast track. It is brought to the notice of this Court that no charge- sheet had been filed.<\/p>\n

In Court\u2019s opinion, the bald statement made, wherein it was stated that: considering the detenu\u2019s involvement in heinous activities and his release from prison on bail, there is imminent possibility of his indulging in similar shameful and inhuman acts of sexual assault on minor girls and women exploiting their innocence in a deceptive manner which are detrimental to public order<\/em>, would not justify the impugned detention order.<\/p>\n

Hence, the detaining authority failed to demonstrate the necessity to pass the impugned detention order invoking the draconian preventive detention laws.<\/p>\n

Colourable Exercise of Power<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bench noted that due to the acquaintance\/friendship, the detenu took the victim girl to a secluded place where he committed sexual intercourse and thus fulfilled his sexual desire and on the next day morning,\u00a0 he let off the victim girl.<\/p>\n

Therefore, it cannot be held that the detenu would indulge in similar prejudicial activities in future<\/strong>. Under these circumstances, the detaining authority is not justified in passing the order of detention, which tantamount to colourable exercise of power<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Was there any disturbance to \u2018Public Order\u2019?<\/p>\n

High Court in view of the facts and circumstances of the case expressed that grave as the offence may be, it relates to penetrative aggravated sexual assault on a minor girl. So, no inference of disturbance of public order could be drawn.<\/p>\n

Therefore, the present case falls under the ambit of \u201claw and order\u201d.<\/p>\n

In view of the above discussion, present petition was allowed. [Charakonda Chinna Chennaiah v. State of Telangana, 2021 SCC OnLine TS 261<\/b><\/a>, decided on 23-02-2021]<\/p>\n

\n

Advocates who appeared before the Court:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Counsel for the Petitioner: Dr. B. Karthik Navayan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Telangana High Court: The Division Bench of A. Rajasheker Reddy and Dr Shameem Akhter, JJ., \u00a0while addressing the matter has shed some <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8808,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[29785,19721,23524,3117,17941,42521],"class_list":["post-244540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-highcourts","tag-law","tag-law-and-order","tag-pocso-act","tag-Preventive_Detention","tag-public-order","tag-sexual-offender"],"yoast_head":"\nTelangana HC | Can a sexual offender be taken into preventive detention? Read the case of 'detenu' who committed intercourse with minor in secluded place and let her off next day | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sexual Offender\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/02\/27\/sexual-offender\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Telangana HC | Can a sexual offender be taken into preventive detention? Read the case of 'detenu' who committed intercourse with minor in secluded place and let her off next day\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sexual Offender\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/02\/27\/sexual-offender\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-02-27T03:32:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-03-05T05:58:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/AP-TELANGANA-HC.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1330\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"887\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bhumika Indulia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bhumika Indulia\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/02\/27\/sexual-offender\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/02\/27\/sexual-offender\/\",\"name\":\"Telangana HC | Can a sexual offender be taken into preventive detention? Read the case of 'detenu' who committed intercourse with minor in secluded place and let her off next day | SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-27T03:32:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-05T05:58:51+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a\"},\"description\":\"Sexual Offender\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/02\/27\/sexual-offender\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/02\/27\/sexual-offender\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/02\/27\/sexual-offender\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Telangana HC | Can a sexual offender be taken into preventive detention? Read the case of ‘detenu’ who committed intercourse with minor in secluded place and let her off next day\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a\",\"name\":\"Bhumika Indulia\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Bhumika Indulia\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_1\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Telangana HC | Can a sexual offender be taken into preventive detention? Read the case of 'detenu' who committed intercourse with minor in secluded place and let her off next day | SCC Times","description":"Sexual Offender","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/02\/27\/sexual-offender\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Telangana HC | Can a sexual offender be taken into preventive detention? Read the case of 'detenu' who committed intercourse with minor in secluded place and let her off next day","og_description":"Sexual Offender","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/02\/27\/sexual-offender\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2021-02-27T03:32:59+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-03-05T05:58:51+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1330,"height":887,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/AP-TELANGANA-HC.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Bhumika Indulia","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bhumika Indulia","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/02\/27\/sexual-offender\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/02\/27\/sexual-offender\/","name":"Telangana HC | Can a sexual offender be taken into preventive detention? Read the case of 'detenu' who committed intercourse with minor in secluded place and let her off next day | SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-02-27T03:32:59+00:00","dateModified":"2021-03-05T05:58:51+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a"},"description":"Sexual Offender","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/02\/27\/sexual-offender\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/02\/27\/sexual-offender\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/02\/27\/sexual-offender\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Telangana HC | Can a sexual offender be taken into preventive detention? Read the case of ‘detenu’ who committed intercourse with minor in secluded place and let her off next day"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a","name":"Bhumika Indulia","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Me-150x150.jpg","caption":"Bhumika Indulia"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_1\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":252304,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/08\/05\/no-preventive-detention-on-ground-of-a-possible-apprehension-of-breach-of-law-and-order-supreme-court-explains-true-import-of-public-order\/","url_meta":{"origin":244540,"position":0},"title":"No preventive detention on ground of a possible apprehension of breach of law and order; Supreme Court explains true import of ‘public order’","author":"Prachi Bhardwaj","date":"August 5, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Supreme Court: In a case where the detenu was accused of committing a series of criminal offences from October, 2017 to December, 2019 such as cheating in the guise of providing good profit to people by investing their money in stock market and collecting huge amounts to the tune of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sc-2-7.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sc-2-7.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sc-2-7.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sc-2-7.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sc-2-7.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":235999,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/09\/19\/telangana-hc-when-can-detaining-authority-pass-a-detention-order-court-explains-the-importance-of-preventive-detention-laws\/","url_meta":{"origin":244540,"position":1},"title":"Telangana HC | When can detaining authority pass a detention order? Court explains the importance of preventive detention laws","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"September 19, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Telangana High Court:\u00a0A Division Bench of Raghvendra Singh Chauhan, CJ and B. Vijaysen Reddy, J., while addressing the present petition observed the following: \"The preventive detention laws cannot be invoked as an easy way method bypassing the ordinary law and if a detention order is passed, it is very much\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":366041,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/11\/07\/acts-risking-public-health-strike-at-root-of-societal-imbalance-tel-hc\/","url_meta":{"origin":244540,"position":2},"title":"‘Endangers public health, strikes at root of societal imbalance’: Telangana HC on spread of Narcotic Substances","author":"Editor","date":"November 7, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cPublic health and safety form an essential part of the constitutional vision under Articles 21 and 47 of the Constitution of India.\u201d","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"spread of narcotic substances","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/spread-of-narcotic-substances.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/spread-of-narcotic-substances.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/spread-of-narcotic-substances.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/spread-of-narcotic-substances.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":300904,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/09\/06\/sc-explains-tests-for-deciding-legality-of-preventive-detention-orders-legal-news\/","url_meta":{"origin":244540,"position":3},"title":"Supreme Court lays down tests for deciding legality of preventive detention orders","author":"Editor","date":"September 6, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Court also revisited the difference between disturbances relatable to \u2018law and order\u2019 and disturbances caused to \u2018public order\u2019 and said that it is trite that breach of law in all cases does not lead to public disorder.","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"legality of preventive detention orders","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/legality-of-preventive-detention-orders.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/legality-of-preventive-detention-orders.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/legality-of-preventive-detention-orders.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/legality-of-preventive-detention-orders.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":144751,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2017\/07\/26\/difference-between-maintenance-of-law-and-order-public-order-discussed\/","url_meta":{"origin":244540,"position":4},"title":"Difference between maintenance of law and order & public order discussed","author":"Saba","date":"July 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"High Court of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana: The detention of one Chirraboina Krishna Yadav under the Telangana Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Dacoits, Drug-Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Land Grabbers Act, 1986 was questioned by his wife in a writ petition before a Division Bench comprising of C.V.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":133471,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2017\/05\/24\/rhetorical-incantation-of-the-words-goonda-or-prejudicial-to-maintenance-of-public-order-not-sufficient-to-invoke-preventive-detention\/","url_meta":{"origin":244540,"position":5},"title":"Rhetorical incantation of the words \u201cgoonda\u201d or \u201cprejudicial to maintenance of public order\u201d not sufficient to invoke Preventive Detention","author":"Prachi Bhardwaj","date":"May 24, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Supreme Court: In the case where the detenu was detained under the Telangana Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Dacoits, Drug Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Land Grabbers Act, 1986 for selling the spurious seeds to poor farmers and acquiring illegal gains at their expense his illegal activities, the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8808"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}