KHAJA BILAL AHMED Vs. STATE OF TELANGANA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The Division Bench of the High Court for the State of Telangana by its judgment dated 13 June 2019, dismissed a challenge to an order of detention dated 25 October 2018.

(2.) The appellant was detained under the provisions of sub-section 2 of Section 3 of the Telangana Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Boot-Leggers, 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 ["Telangana Offenders Act 1986"]. The order of detention was issued on 2 November 2018 by the Commissioner of Police, Rachakonda, Commissionerate and contained the following recitals:

(3.) On 26 October 2018, the appellant filed an application for bail [Cr.M.P. 1645 of 2018] in Crime no 178 of 2018. The application for bail was allowed by the 14th Additional Metropolitan Magistrate on 26 October 2018 on the ground that the investigating agency had failed to complete the investigation within the period allowed by the proviso to Section 167(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 ["CrPC"]. On 26 October 2018, when bail was granted by the 14th Additional Metropolitan Magistrate in Crime no 178 of 2018, an order of detention dated 25 October 2018 is stated to have been served on the appellant at 7:45 pm while he was still in jail custody.