https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299993 Preventive detention under the Act could be invoked only if the detenu satisfied the statutory definition of a Goonda, which required habitual commission, attempt, or abetment of specified offences. Habitual conduct meant repeated or persistent offending with a thread of continuity, not a single isolated incident. Because the detention grounds referred only to one act and no material showed repeated criminal activity, the statutory precondition for detention was not met. The detention order was therefore unsustainable and was set aside, with release directed unless the detenu was required in any other case. en-us Mon, 03 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 06 May 2022 18:30:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299993 Preventive detention under the Act could be invoked only if the detenu satisfied the statutory definition of a Goonda, which required habitual commission, attempt, or abetment of specified offences. Habitual conduct meant repeated or persistent offending with a thread of continuity, not a single isolated incident. Because the detention grounds referred only to one act and no material showed repeated criminal activity, the statutory precondition for detention was not met. The detention order was therefore unsustainable and was set aside, with release directed unless the detenu was required in any other case. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 03 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299993