High Court orders release of person detained under Goonda Act

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The Karnataka High Court has ordered the release of a man detained under the Goonda Act in Dharwad.
The man, Haris Ataullah Khan Pathan of Sriramanagar in Dharwad, was detained under a detention order issued by the Hubballi-Dharwad City Police Commissioner on February 17, 2026.
Pathan's mother, Rehana Khanum, had filed a petition challenging the detention order.
A division bench led by Justice S. Sunil Dutt Yadav held that a non-bailable warrant alone is not sufficient grounds for detention under the Goonda Act.
The court found that the authorities failed to prove a disturbance to public order, making the detention order a violation of Articles 21 and 22 of the Constitution, which matters because it limits how preventive detention powers can be used.

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