Raja Vijayaraghavan, J.
Under challenge in this Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the
Constitution of India is Ext.P2 order issued by the 2nd respondent under Section
3(1) of the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic
Substances Act, 1988 (‘PITNDPS Act’ for the sake of brevity). By the impugned
order, Mr. Vishnu was ordered to be detained. The said order was confirmed by
the Government by Ext.P3 order dated 14.02.2025, and the detenu was ordered
to be detained for one year with effect from the date of detention.
2.​ A perusal of Ext.P1 proposal and Ext.P2 order of detention would
reveal that it is on account of the involvement of the detenu in three cases
registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
(“NDPS Act” for the sake of brevity), that proceeding under the PITNDPS Act was
initiated. The details of the crimes in which the detenu got involved are as under:
