The Delhi High Court set aside a preventive detention order issued against Validad Khan @ Mullah under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988. The Court held that the detention order failed to establish any likelihood of the petitioner being released on bail despite being in judicial custody and
Preventive Detention Cannot Be Ordered Without Showing Likelihood of Bail When Accused Is Already in Custody: Delhi High Court Quashes PITNDPS Detention Order
