Man detained as bootlegger over prohibition case has detention set aside
Police arrested a man in Karur district in a Tamil Nadu Prohibition Act case and the Collector detained him as a bootlegger. The High Court found delay in sending the detention order for government approval. The court set aside the detention order.
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How we verify →Preventive detention order dated 02.06.2025 stands set aside; the underlying prohibition case is the ground case.
What happened
The High Court recorded that the detenu had been detained by order in Cr.M.P.No.24/2025 dated 02.06.2025 holding him to be a Bootlegger as contemplated under Section 2(b) of Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982.
The High Court recorded that the detenu was arrested and remanded on 05.05.2025 after registration of Cr.No.72 of 2025 for offences under Sections 4(1)(C), 4(1)(A) and 4(1)(aaa) of the prohibition law.
The High Court recorded that the detention order passed on 02.06.2025 was sent to the Government only on 07.06.2025, in breach of the requirement to report forthwith under Section 3(3).
The High Court allowed the habeas corpus petition and set aside the detention order, directing release unless required in any other case.
What the record says
“The detenu has been detained by the second respondent by his order in Cr.M.P.No.24/2025, dated 02.06.2025 holding him to be a "Bootlegger", as contemplated under Section 2(b) of Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982.”
H.C.P.(MD)No.860 of 2025, para 1 — read the full text
No complaining victim
The detention was for alleged liquor-law violations with no allegation of spurious liquor, hooch deaths, poisoning or violence in the order.
What we could not confirm
Order does not state quantity or type of liquor seized; no spurious-liquor or violence allegation appears in the order.