The appellant, a law student, was preventively detained under Section 3(2) of the National Security Act, 1980 by the District Magistrate of Betul on July 11, 2024. The detention, extended four times until July 2025, was based on nine criminal cases—five of which ended in acquittal, one in a fine, and three still pending. In the most recent case, the appellant had already been granted bail. The Supreme Court found the detention order "wholly untenable," stating that the grounds failed to meet the legal threshold under the NSA. It also flagged serious procedural irregularities, including the District Collector deciding the appellant’s representation without forwarding it to the State Government and failure to consider that the appellant was already in custody through regular criminal proceedings. The Court ordered the appellant's immediate release from Central Jail, Bhopal, unless required in another case, reaffirming that preventive detention must strictly comply with statutory safeguards to protect individual liberty.