Govind Singh Rawat v. The State Of Telangana

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE ABHINAND KUMAR SHAVILI AND THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE PULLA KARTHIK WRIT PETITION No.43778 OF 2022 ORDER: (per AKS,J) Sri Govind Singh Rawat, the petitioner, has filed this Habeas Corpus petition on behalf of his cousin, Arjun Singh Rawat, the detenu, challenging the detention order vide No:160/PDCELL/CCRB/RCKD/2022, dated 15.10.2022, passed by the respondent No.

2-Commissioner of Police, Rachakonda Commissionerate, whereby, the detenu was detained under Section 3(2) of the Telangana Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Dacoits, DrugOffenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Land-Grabbers, Spurious Seed Offenders, Insecticide Offenders, Fertilizer 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 (as amended by Act No.13 of 2018) (for short, 'Act 1 of 1986'), and the consequential confirmation order vide G.O.Rt.No.2276, General Administration (Spl. (Law & Order)) Department, dated 03.12.

passed by the Secretary to Government, General Administration (Spl. (Law & order)) Department, Government of Telangana. 2.

Heard Ms. R. Sowmya Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri S. Mujib Kumar, learned Special Government Pleader, representing the learned Advocate General appearing for the respondents.

3.

Learned counsel for the petitioner has contended that the impugned detention order, dated 15.10.2022, was passed by relying on a solitary crime registered against the detenu viz., Crime No.224 of 2022 of Choutuppal Police Station of Rachakonda Commissionerate, registered for the offences under Sections 8(c) read with 20(b)(ii)(C) and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. This Court, in similar circumstances, vide order, dated 23.09.2022, passed in W.P.No.30726 of 2022, was pleased to set aside the detention order passed against the detenu therein on the ground that the detenu therein was detained basing on a solitary crime registered against him. Admittedly, in the instant case also, the detenu was detained basing on a

solitary crime registered against him. In view of the same, the respondents ought not to have invoked the provisions under Section 3(2) of the Act 1 of 1986 and detained the detenu. Therefore, appropriate orders be passed in the Writ Petition by setting aside the impugned detention order, dated 15.10.2022, by following the order, dated 23.09.2022, passed by this Court in W.P.No.30726 of 2022. 4.

The learned Special Government Pleader appearing for the respondents did not dispute the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner.

5.

In view of the same, the impugned detention order, dated 15.10.2022, and the consequential confirmation order, dated 03.12.2022, are liable to be set aside by following the order, dated 23.09.2022, passed by this Court in W.P.No.30726 of 2022. 6.

In the result, the Writ Petition is allowed. The impugned detention order vide No:160/PD-CELL/CCRB/RCKD/ 2022, dated 15.10.2022, passed by the respondent No.2, and the consequential confirmation order vide G.O.Rt.No.2276, General Administration (Spl.

(Law & Order)) Department, dated 03.12.2022, passed by the Secretary to Government, General Administration (Spl. (Law & Order)) Department, Government of Telangana, are hereby set aside. The respondents are directed to set the detenu, namely Arjun Singh Rawat, at liberty forthwith, if he is no longer required in any other criminal case. Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, pending in this Writ Petition shall stand closed.

______________________________ ABHINAND KUMAR SHAVILI, J ___________________ PULLA KARTHIK, J Date: 27-01-2023.

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