https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192505 Preventive detention can be sustained even when the detenu is already in short-term custody, if the authority has relevant material showing a real likelihood of prejudicial conduct on release. Earlier incidents referred to in the detention record do not vitiate the order where the detention is based on fresh and proximate grounds. Allegations describing the detenu as a principal instigator in agitation that escalated into violence, property damage, stone-pelting, looting and curfew were treated as germane to public order and within the detaining authority's subjective satisfaction. On that basis, the preventive detention was upheld and the habeas corpus challenge failed. en-us Fri, 11 Oct 1974 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 10:09:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192505 Preventive detention can be sustained even when the detenu is already in short-term custody, if the authority has relevant material showing a real likelihood of prejudicial conduct on release. Earlier incidents referred to in the detention record do not vitiate the order where the detention is based on fresh and proximate grounds. Allegations describing the detenu as a principal instigator in agitation that escalated into violence, property damage, stone-pelting, looting and curfew were treated as germane to public order and within the detaining authority's subjective satisfaction. On that basis, the preventive detention was upheld and the habeas corpus challenge failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 11 Oct 1974 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192505