Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 435 · Decided 3 May 2017
Sama Aruna v. State of Telangana and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 435 · [2017] 4 S.C.R. 52
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 885/2017
- Decided
- 3 May 2017
- Bench
- S.A. BOBDE, L. NAGESWARA RAO (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
Preventive Detention: Detention under s. 3 (2) of Telangana Prevention of Dangero·us Activities of Bootleggers, Dacoits, Drug Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Tl·affic Offenders and Land Grabbers Act, 1986 - Propriety of - Held: The essential concept of preventive detention is that the to punish him for something he has done, but to prevent him from doing it - The power to detain under 1986 Act can be exercised only for preventing a person fiwn engaging in, or pursuing or taking some action which adversely affects or is likely to affectthe maintenance of public order - Though
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