HC dismisses plea to release person arrested under PD Act

A father’s writ petition to acceptable his lad free, who was arrested by the Cyberabad constabulary past twelvemonth nether the Telangana PD Act-1986, was dismissed by the Telangana High Court connected Tuesday (October 21, 2025).

A seat of Justices Moushumi Bhattacharya and Gadi Praveen Kumar, pronouncing verdict connected a petition filed by Aziz Hassan Kotadia, said that it did not find immoderate scope for interference successful the orders of detention issued by the Cyberabad constabulary connected November 8 and 12 of 2024. The Court would not interfere with the subjective restitution of the Detaining Authority unless the findings were vitiated by arbitrariness oregon the lack of grounds of immoderate signifier of perceived oregon existent bias, the seat said.

In the lawsuit of detenue Nazim Aziz Kotadia, “the grounds is intelligibly elaborate successful the grounds of detention,” the seat observed. Mr. Kotadia was arrested successful February of 2024 connected complaint of committing robbery successful the Chaderghat constabulary presumption country of Hyderabad. Two months later, helium was released connected bail. 

The aforesaid twelvemonth connected June 22, helium was arrested again by the Medchal constabulary nether Rachakonda Commissionerate. This time, helium was accused of robbery and effort to murder. In October, helium was granted bail but remained successful situation for failing to furnish sureties. A period later, the PD Act was invoked against him. With the invoking of the PD Act, helium would not get bail for 1 year. 

Challenging detention, his begetter filed a writ petition of habeas corpus seeking a absorption to acceptable speech the orders issued detaining his lad nether the PD Act. Dismissing the petition, the seat said the “repeated and well-planned acts of the detenue are capable to rise the presumption of a feeling of menace and alarm amongst the wide public”. 

Besides the offence of daylight robbery, the detenue caused bodily harm to the victims which amounted to a sedate offence, the seat noted.