Detaining Authority Can't Subject A Person Already In Custody To Preventive Detention Without Forming Opinion On Likelihood Of Bail: Manipur HC

The Manipur High Court has said that the detaining authority has to look into whether or not a bail application has been moved by the detenue, who is already in custody, before exercising power under preventive detention laws. The detenue, who was already in judicial custody in other two cases, was detained by the District Magistrate, Thoubal under Section 3(2) of the...