Detention law in Telangana ‘draconian’: SC

The Supreme Court was on Friday surprised to find that grant of bail to an accused had no practical meaning in Telangana as the state police could invoke provisions of Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act to put a person under preventive detention for the same offences for which he had been granted bail by the court.

Detention law in Telangana ‘draconian’: SC
The Supreme Court was on Friday surprised to find that grant of bail to an accused had no practical meaning in Telangana as the state police could invoke provisions of Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act to put a person under preventive detention for the same offences for which he had been granted bail by the court.