Owning Vehicles Not Proof of Drug Trafficking Income; Preventive Detention Quashed Due to Biased Information: Himachal Pradesh High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has struck down a preventive detention order against Uved Khan, ruling that the State relied on biased assumptions and incorrect financial conclusions to justify detaining him under Section 3(1) of the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1988. The judgment came from a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice G.S. Sandhawalia and Justice Jiya Lal Bhardwaj. Background of the Detention The…